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Taxon: Family †Squalodontidae Brandt, 1873 - shark-toothed dolphins (mammal)
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Authorship

Original name Brandt, 1873:576.
Original rank
Original spelling

Types

Nominotypical taxon ofSqualodontoidea (Superfamily) Brandt, 1873
TypeSqualodon (Genus) Grateloup, 1840 Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 120. [inferred]

Synonyms

Synonymous nameMesoceti (Family) Dames, 1894 Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
IncludingPatriocetidae (Family) Abel, 1914

Vernacular Names (English)

Full nameshark-toothed dolphins Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 120.
shark-toothed whales
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