Squalodon catulli Molin 1859 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae

Alternative combinations: Pachyodon catulli, Squalodon catulloi, Trirhizodon catulli

Full reference: R. Molin. 1859. Sulle reliquie d'un Pachyodon dissoterrate a Libano due ore Nord-Est di Belluno in mezzo all arenaria grigia. Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Wien. 25:117-128

Belongs to Squalodon according to N. K. Symeonidis et al. 2004

See also Bianucci and Landini 2002, Brandt 1873, Dal Piaz 1901, Dal Piaz 1916, de Zigno 1876, Kellogg 1923, Lioy 1896, Lydekker 1887, Molin 1859, Pilleri 1985, Roger 1887, Rothausen 1968, Sanders et al. 1982, Trouessart 1904 and Zittel 1894

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Libano, which is in an Aquitanian marine sandstone in the Libano Sandstone Formation of Italy

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Libano

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