Squalodon | |
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Scientific Classification | |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Mammalia |
Order | Artiodactyla |
Conservation Status | |
Extinct |
Squalodon is an extinct genus of whale that lived in North America, Europe, and Australia during the Oligocene and Miocene epoch.
Description[]
Squalodon are named after the shark known as the Squalus because their cheek teeth that look the teeth of a squalus shark. Squalodon belonged in the toothed whale family.