Kentriodontids have been variously divided into three or four
subfamilies: Kampholophinae, Kentriodontinae, Lophocetinae, and Pithanodelphinae. while others have recovered the family as
monophyletic. For instance,
Miminiacetus may be a close relative of
Lipotidae,
Brevirostrodelpis is
basal to other delphinidans, Peredo et al. (2018) restrict
Kentriodon to
Kampholophos,
Kentriodon,
Rudicetus, and
Wimahl, and remove Pithanodelphininae and its putative constituent genera (
Leptodelphis,
Pithanodelphis,
Sarmatodelphis,
Sophianacetus, and
Tagicetus) as well as
Microphocaena from Kentriodontidae.
Genera •
Kampholophos •
Kentriodon •
Rudicetus •
Sophianaecetus •
Wimahl •
Belonodelphis? •
Liolithax? ==Notes==