Dental anomaly in a fossil squalodont dolphin from new Zealand, and the evolution of polydonty in whales

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1982, Pages 419-426

  Fordyce, R Ewan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cetacea; Dentition; Evolution; Fossil dolphin; Oligocene Miocene; Polydonty; Squalodontidae genus and species indeterminate; Supernumerary teeth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001560554     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1982.10423873     Document Type: Article

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