Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Alternative combination: Kelloggia barbarus
Belongs to Squalodon according to A. C. Dooley 2005
See also Mchedlidze 1976
Sister taxa: Phoca pedronii, Priscodelphinus validus, Squalodon antverpiensis, 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 molassicus, Squalodon murdochi, Squalodon peregrinus, Squalodon quaternarium, Squalodon rugidens, Squalodon servatus, Squalodon vocontiorum, Squalodon whitmorei, Squalodon zitteli, Rhytisodon tuberculatus, Trirhizodon suessii, Trirhizodon gervaisii
Type specimen: IP No. S2/26, a skull. Its type locality is Perekishkyul, which is in a Chattian marine horizon in Azerbaijan.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Perekishkyul
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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