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: Austrosqualodon trirhizodonta, Eosqualodon, Pachyodon, Portheodon, Squalodon, Squalodon andrewi, Squalodon atlanticus, Squalodon bordae, Squalodon catulli, Squalodon melitensis, Squalodontinae, Tangaroasaurus, Tangaroasaurus kakanuiensis, Zeuglodon vredense
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Austrosqualodon in the database
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