Phocodontia

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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(This definition is from the 1913 Webster's Dictionary and may be outdated.)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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