Parasqualodon

Parasqualodon is an extinct genus of toothed whale from the Oligocene. It contains a single species, Parasqualodon wilkinsoni.[1] It has been suggested that the taxon constitutes a nomen dubium.[2]

Parasqualodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Squalodontidae
Genus: Parasqualodon
McCoy, 1867
Species:
P. wilkinsoni
Binomial name
Parasqualodon wilkinsoni
McCoy, 1867

References

  1. "Parasqualodon wilkinsoni (McCoy, 1867)". Museums Victoria Collections.
  2. Fordyce, R. E.; de Muizon, C. (2001). "Evolutionary history of cetaceans: a review". In Jean-Michel Mazin; Vivian de Buffrénil (eds.). Secondary adaptation of tetrapods to life in water. Proceedings of the international meeting, Poitiers, 1996 (PDF). Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. pp. 169–233.
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