Tangaroasaurus Benham 1935 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae

Alternative spelling: Tangarasaurus

Full reference: W. B. Benham. 1935. A reptilian jaw from Kakanui, South Island, New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 65:232-238

Parent taxon: Squalodontidae according to M. E. Ortega and R. E. Fordyce 2009

See also Benham 1935, Carroll 1988, Fordyce 1979, Fordyce 1980, Fordyce and Roberts 2009, Keyes 1973, McKenna and Bell 1997, Muizon 1987, Pledge and Rothausen 1977, Sepkoski 2002 and Whitmore and Sanders 1977

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

Subtaxa: Tangaroasaurus kakanuiensis

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at All Day Bay (Miocene of New Zealand)

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