Squalodelphis fabianii Dal Piaz 1917 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodelphinidae

Full reference: G. Dal Piaz. 1917. Gli Odontoceti del Miocene bellunese, Parte Terza. Squalodelphis fabiannii. Memorie dell' Instituto Geologico della R. Universita di Padova 5(1):1-34

Belongs to Squalodelphis according to M. Viglino et al. 2022

See also Bianucci and Landini 2002, Dal Piaz 1917, Dal Piaz 1929, Dal Piaz 1971, Fornasiero and Del Vavero 2014 and Pilleri 1985

Sister taxa: none

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:

• Miocene of Germany (1 collection), Italy (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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