Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Alternative combinations: Delphinus molassicus, Physeter molassicus
Full reference: H. G. Bronn. 1837. [on Jäger: Über die fossilen Säugethiere]. Neus Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakenkunde 1837:731-740
Belongs to Squalodon according to R. Kellogg 1923
See also Bronn 1837, Bronn 1853, Pictet 1853, Symeonidis et al. 2004 and Trouessart 1898
Sister taxa: Phoca pedronii, Priscodelphinus validus, Squalodon antverpiensis, Squalodon barbarus, Squalodon bariensis, Squalodon bellunensis, Squalodon bordae, Squalodon calvertensis, Squalodon catulli, Squalodon dalpiazi, Squalodon grateloupii, Squalodon hypsispondylus, Squalodon imperator, Squalodon linzianus, Squalodon melitensis, Squalodon meyeri, Squalodon mirabilis, Squalodon murdochi, Squalodon peregrinus, Squalodon quaternarium, Squalodon rugidens, Squalodon servatus, Squalodon vocontiorum, Squalodon whitmorei, Squalodon zitteli, Rhytisodon tuberculatus, Trirhizodon suessii, Trirhizodon gervaisii
Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltringen, which is in a Burdigalian marine horizon in Germany
Distribution: found only at Baltringen
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