Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae

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

Belongs to Austrosqualodon according to R. E. Fordyce and C. D. Roberts 2009

See also Climo and Baker 1972, Fordyce 1980, Fordyce 1982, Fordyce 1991, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001 and Keyes 1973

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: DM 1627. Its type locality is Fossil Point, which is in a Duntroonian marine siltstone in the Abel Head Formation of New Zealand.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Fossil Point

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.