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Squalodon Palæont.|ˈskweɪlədɒn|
[mod.L. Squalodon, f. L. squalus squalus + Gr. ὀδοντ-, ὀδούς tooth.]
A genus of fossil cetaceans found in Miocene and early Pliocene formations; a cetacean belonging to this genus.
1872Darwin Orig. Spec. (ed. 6) xi. 302 The tertiary Zeuglodon and Squalodon..are considered by Professor Huxley to be undoubtedly cetaceans. c1880Cassell's Nat. Hist. II. 247 The Squalodons are known chiefly from the skull.
So ˈsqualodont. Also attrib.
1889Nicholson & Lydekker Palæontology (ed. 3) II. 1306 The extinct Squalodonts were formerly classed with the Zeuglodontidæ. 1899Proc. Zool. Soc. 919 There is one detached tooth remaining, which is of the same Squalodont type. |