Definition of Squalodontids. Meaning of Squalodontids. Synonyms of Squalodontids

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Definition of Squalodontids

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- included. Some squalodontids are known from rather complete fossils, but most were described based on a few isolated teeth. Squalodontids are most likely...
- little to do with the squalodontids. As the type genus of Squalodontidae, Squalodon has become a repository for various squalodontids or even taxa that were...
- ISBN 978-0-323-13961-8. This group apparently evolved directly from squalodontids. The currently recognized families in the Delphinoidea are the extinct...
- an appearance similar to them. However, it is thought unlikely that squalodontids are direct ancestors of modern toothed whales. The first oceanic dolphins...
- many cetacean species, such as dolphins, small whales, cetotheres, squalodontids (shark toothed dolphins), sperm whales, bowhead whales, and rorquals...
- that of modern toothed whales. However, it is thought unlikely that squalodontids are direct ancestors of living dolphins. Toothed whales have torpedo-shaped...
- 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...
- tympanic bullae. cf. Squalodon cf. S. sp. A periotic and multiple teeth. A squalodontid. Waipatiidae Waipatiidae indet. "CCNHM 1354 (a posterior lower molar)"...
- tiedemani as a basal odontocete that split off between the xenorophids and squalodontids, in a position between the more basal family Basilosauridae and modern...
- Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Squalodon Gen. nov. Valid Grateloup Early Miocene (Burdigalian) Unnamed unit  France A squalodontid....