Squalodon grateloupii von Meyer 1843 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae

Alternative combinations: Patriocetus grateloupii, Squalodon grateloupi

Synonyms: Basilosaurus squalodon Pedroni 1845 [objective synonym], Delphinoides gratelupi Pedroni 1845 [objective synonym], Smilocamptus bourgueti Gervais 1849, Smilocomptus bourgueti Gervais 1849, Smilocomptus burgueti Gervais 1849, Squalodon burgueti Gervais 1849, Squalodon grateloupii Gervais 1846 [objective synonym], Squalodon gratelupi Pedroni 1845 [objective synonym], Squalodon typicus Kellogg 1923

Full reference: H. von Meyer. 1843. Mittheilungen an Professor Bronn gerichtet. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde 1843:698-704

Belongs to Squalodon according to F. G. Marx et al. 2011

See also Brandt 1874, Bronn 1853, Cahuzac et al. 2005, Cope 1890, Dal Piaz 1901, Dal Piaz 1916, Depéret 1887, Flot 1895, Gervais 1846, Gervais 1849, Gervais 1852, Gibbes 1847, Gray and Adams 1859, Hay 1902, Joleaud 1906, Kellogg 1923, Lydekker 1887, Pictet 1853, Rothausen 1968, Symeonidis et al. 2004, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Uhen et al. 2008, Van Beneden 1865, Van Beneden and Gervais 1880, von Meyer 1843 and Zittel 1894

Sister taxa: Phoca pedronii, Priscodelphinus validus, Squalodon antverpiensis, Squalodon barbarus, Squalodon bariensis, Squalodon bellunensis, Squalodon bordae, Squalodon calvertensis, Squalodon catulli, Squalodon dalpiazi, 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, Trirhizodon suessii, Trirhizodon gervaisii, Rhytisodon tuberculatus

Type specimens:

  • Squalodon grateloupii: OL 1999/2, a skull. Its type locality is Leognan, which is in a Burdigalian marine sandstone in France.
  • Delphinoides gratelupi: Its type locality is Leognan, which is in a Burdigalian marine sandstone in France.
  • Squalodon burgueti: no specimen number listed, a tooth. Its type locality is Salles, which is in a Tortonian marine marl in France.
  • Squalodon grateloupii: Its type locality is Linz, which is in a Chattian open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Linzer Sanden Formation of Austria.
  • Squalodon typicus:

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of France (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences

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