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- an extinct family of large toothed whales who had long narrow jaws. Squalodontids are known from all continents except Antarctica, from the Oligocene...
- Squalodon whitmorei, reached up to 5.5 meters in length. The unique-looking squalodontids were likely distributed throughout the world in warm waters during the...
- many cetacean species, such as dolphins, small whales, cetotheres, squalodontids (shark toothed dolphins), sperm whales, bowhead whales, and rorquals...
- Tangaroasaurus is an extinct genus of squalodontid whale from the Miocene of New Zealand. It contains a single species, Tangaroasaurus kakanuiensis. Similar...
- tympanic bullae. cf. Squalodon cf. S. sp. A periotic and multiple teeth. A squalodontid. Waipatiidae Waipatiidae indet. "CCNHM 1354 (a posterior lower molar)"...
- an appearance similar to them. However, it is thought unlikely that squalodontids are direct ancestors of modern toothed whales. The first oceanic dolphins...
- that of modern toothed whales. However, it is thought unlikely that squalodontids are direct ancestors of living dolphins. Toothed whales have torpedo-shaped...
- Eosqualodon is a genus of squalodontid odontocete from the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene (Chattian-Aquitanian) of northwestern Germany and northeastern...
- teeth was thin, being only about 80 μm thick, compared to 365 μm in squalodontids and 130 μm in the modern dolphin Stenella. Since the discovery of its...
- ISBN 978-0-323-13961-8. This group apparently evolved directly from squalodontids. The currently recognized families in the Delphinoidea are the extinct...