Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae

Alternative spelling: Australosqualodon

Full reference: F. M. Climo and A. N. Baker. 1972. A new shark-toothed dolphin (Cetacea: Squalodontidae) from the upper Oligocene of New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 2(1):61-68

Parent taxon: Squalodontidae according to R. E. Fordyce and C. D. Roberts 2009

See also Carroll 1988, Climo and Baker 1972, Fordyce 1978, Fordyce 1980, Fordyce 1982, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Keyes 1973, McKenna and Bell 1997, Muizon 1987, Sepkoski 2002 and Whitmore and Sanders 1977

Sister taxa: Eosqualodon, Pachyodon, Portheodon, Prosqualodon hamiltoni, Squalodon, Squalodon andrewi, Squalodon atlanticus, Squalodontinae, Tangaroasaurus, Zeuglodon vredense

Subtaxa: Austrosqualodon trirhizodonta

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Fossil Point (Oligocene of New Zealand)

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