Synonym: Postsqualodon Stromer 1908
Full reference: R. Lydekker. 1894. Cetacean skulls from Patagonia. Anales del Museo de la Plata II:1-13
Parent taxon: Odontoceti according to C. M. Gaetán et al. 2019
See also Abel 1914, Abel 1919, Ameghino 1901, Berta 2017, Carroll 1988, Cozzuol 1996, Fitzgerald 2004, Flynn 1923, Fordyce 1980, Fordyce 1981, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Gaetán et al. 2025, Geisler et al. 2011, Geisler and Sanders 2003, Kellogg 1923, Kellogg 1928, Keyes 1973, Lydekker 1894, Marx et al. 2016, McKenna and Bell 1997, Miller 1923, Muizon 1987, Muizon 1990, Muizon 1994, Palmer 1904, Sepkoski 2002, Simpson 1945, Stromer 1908, Tanaka et al. 2023, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, True 1907, True 1910, Uhen 2005, Uhen 2008, Whitmore and Sanders 1977, Winge 1921 and Zittel 1925
Sister taxa: Acrodelphinidae, Agorophioidea, Agriocetus, Amblyoccipita, Argyrocetus, Ashleycetidae, Atropatenocetus, Aureia, Balaenodon, Belosphys, Berardiopsis, Caolodelphis, Cetophis, Champsodelphis, Champsodelphis italicus, Chilcacetus, Colophonodon, Delphinapterus orcinus, Delphinida, Delphinoceti, Delphinodon mento, Delphinopsis, Delphinorhynchus, Delphinus domeykoi, Delphinus restitutensis, Delphinus vanzelleri, Dinoziphius, Ediscetus, Enigmatocetus, Eurhinodelphinida, Eurhinodelphinidae, Eurhinodelphis minoensis, Eurhinodelphis sassariensis, Graamocetus, Graphiodon, Helvicetus, Helvicetus rugosus, Hesperocetus, Hesperoinia, Homaeocetus, Homocetus villersii, Hyperoodontoidea, Inticetidae, Ixacanthus, Kharthlidelphis, Lonchodelphis, Macrochirifer, Macrodelphinus, Mesoplodontidae, Microcetus, Miokogia, Miotursiops, Mirocetidae, Monodontoidea, Nannolithax, Neosqualodon, Oedolithax, Oligodelphis, Oligosqualodon, Palaeoziphius, Pandelphinida, Panphyseteroidea, Parapontoporiidae, Parasqualodon, Patriocetidae, Pelodelphis, Phoberodon, Phoca debilis, Phoca rugosidens, Phococetus, Physeteroidea, Physetodon, Platanidelphidi, Platanistida, Platanistoidea, Platydelphis, Pontivaga, Priscodelphinus, Priscodelphinus teres, Priscophyseter, Priscophyseter typus, Proinia, Prolipotes, Prophyseter, Prosqualodon hamiltoni, Proterocetus, Rhabdosteoidea, Rhabdosteus, Rhabodosteus, Romaleodelphis, Sachalinocetus, Saurocetus, Saurocetus gibbesii, Scaptodon, Scaptodon lodderi, Squaloceti, Squalodelphis pusillus, Squalodon (Microzeuglodon) wingei, Squalodon crassus, Squalodon imperator, Squalodon linzianus, Squalodon molassicus, Squalodon pelagius, Squalodon vocontiorum, Squalodon wymanii, Squalodontidae, Squalodontoidea, Stereodelphis, Sulakocetus, Synrhina, Tretosphys, Tretosphys uraeus, Uncamentodon, Xenorophidae, Zignodelphinidae, Ziphioidea, Susoidea, Susuoidea
Subtaxa: Prosqualodon australis
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (11 collections), Australia (1), New Zealand (1), Venezuela (1)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (2), New Zealand (1)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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