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
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Fossil Point (Oligocene of New Zealand)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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