Mammalodontidae

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title: Mammalodontidae
text: Mammalodontidae is a family of extinct whales known from the Oligocene of Australia and New Zealand. There are currently two genera in this family: Janjucetus and Mammalodon. After a new cladistic analysis by Fitzgerald (2010), Janjucetus was transferred into Mammalodontidae, thereby making Janjucetidae a junior synonym of Mammalodontidae. Analysing the jaw morphology of the toothed mysticetes, Fitzgerald 2012 found eight mandibular characters unique to the members of Mammalodontidae: the mandib
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description: Extinct family of mammals
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammalodontidae
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date modified: 2023-03-27T14:06:05Z
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