Parasqualodon
Extinct genus of mammals
Parasqualodon | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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 |
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]
References
- ^ "Parasqualodon wilkinsoni (McCoy, 1867)". Museums Victoria Collections.
- ^ 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. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. pp. 169–233.