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Metasqualodon Hall 1911 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Synonym: Metasqualodon symmetricus Okazaki 1982 [nomen dubium]

Full reference: T. S. Hall. 1911. On the systematic position of the species of Squalodon and Zeuglodon described from Australia and New Zealand. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 23(2):257-265

Parent taxon: Cetacea according to E. M. G. Fitzgerald 2004

Sister taxa: Ambulocetidae, Archaeoceti, Balaenodontae, Balaenoidorum, Kekenodontidae, Pagiodon, Pakicetidae, Pelagiceti, Phococetus, Proteroceta, Remingtonocetidae, Rhynchoceti

Subtaxa: Metasqualodon harwoodi

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore