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Phocodontia
Phocodontia
Phocodontia is a group of extinct carnivorous whales. Their teeth had compressed and serrated crowns. It includes Squalodon and allied genera. The name means "with teeth like seal's" (Phoca is a genus of seals).
(This definition is from the 1913 Webster's Dictionary and may be outdated.)
See also Odontoceti, Archaeoceti for modern classifications.
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