Eosqualodon langewieschei Rothausen 1968 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae

Full reference: K. Rothausen. 1968. Die systematische Stellung der europäischen Squalodontidae (Odontoceti, Mamm.). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 42(1-2):83-104

Belongs to Eosqualodon according to K. Rothausen 1968

See also Sanders et al. 1982 and Whitmore and Sanders 1977

Sister taxon: Eosqualodon latirostris

Type specimen: KHTMB 326, a skull. Its type locality is Doberg bei Bünde, which is in a Chattian marine mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in the Doberg Formation of Germany.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Doberg bei Bünde

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