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
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at All Day Bay (Miocene of New Zealand)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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