squalodont

squalodont (plural squalodonts)

1. (zoology) Any of the extinct genus Squalodon of whales.
   • 2002, A. Rus Hoelzel, Marine Mammal Biology:

     In squalodonts, the maxillae extend posteriorly over the parietals to reach the exoccipitals in adult specimens.

• squalodontid

• “squalodont”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.