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PROSQUALODON
(pro-skwal-oh-don)
meaning: "Forward shark tooth"
Named By: Brandt in 1873
Time Period: Late Oligocene-Early Miocene (Deseadan-Friasian)~28.4-16.0 Ma
Location: In life, oceans across the Southern Hemisphere
Size: Around 2.3 meters long
Diet: Piscivore
Fossil(s): Many specimens
Classification: | Chordata | Mammalia | Cetacea | Odontoceti | Prosqualodontidae |
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Prosqualodon is an extinct genus of Early to Middle Miocene cetacean from Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and Venezuela.

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