†Metasqualodon symmetricus Okazaki 1982 (whale)
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Full reference: Y. Okazaki. 1982. A lower Miocene squalodontid from the Ashiya Group, Kyushu, Japan. Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History 4:107-112
Belongs to Metasqualodon according to J. H. Geisler et al. 2017
See also Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Okazaki 1982, Okazaki 1985 and Okazaki 1987
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: KMNH VP 000,004, a partial skull. Its type locality is Umashima Island, which is in a Chattian marine horizon in the Waita Formation of Japan.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Japan (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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