Mammalodon

This article is about the extinct genus of mammalodontids. For the group of living therapsids, see Mammal.

Mammalodon
Temporal range: Late Oligocene,
Skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: †Mammalodontidae
Genus: †Mammalodon
Pritchard, 1939
Species
  • †M. colliveri Pritchard, 1939 (type)
  • †M. hakataramea Fordyce and Marx, 2016

Mammalodon is an extinct genus of archaic baleen whale belonging to the family Mammalodontidae.

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