Squalodonn.
/ˈskweɪlədɒn/ Palaeontology.
A genus of fossil cetaceans found in Miocene and early Pliocene formations; a cetacean belonging to this genus.
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Zeuglodon1839
zeuglodont1850
Squalodon1872
squalodont1889
zeuglodontoid1891
1872 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 6) xi. 302 The tertiary Zeuglodon and Squalodon..are considered by Professor Huxley to be undoubtedly cetaceans.
c1880 Cassell's Nat. Hist. II. 247 The Squalodons are known chiefly from the skull.
Derivatives
ˈsqualodont n. (also attributive).
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the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > [noun] > extinct types of
Zeuglodon1839
zeuglodont1850
Squalodon1872
squalodont1889
zeuglodontoid1891
1889 H. A. Nicholson & R. Lydekker Man. Palæontol. (ed. 3) II. 1306 The extinct Squalodonts were formerly classed with the Zeuglodontidæ.
1899 Proc. Zool. Soc. 919 There is one detached tooth remaining, which is of the same Squalodont type.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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