Squalodon imperator Cigala-Fulgosi and Pilleri 1985 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae

Full reference: F. Cigala-Fulgosi and G. Pilleri. 1985. The lower Serravallian cetacean fauna of Visiano (Northern Apennines, Parma, Italy). Investigations on Cetacea 17:55-93

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

See also Cigala-Fulgosi and Pilleri 1985

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

Type specimen: FCF 14, a tooth (premolar tooth). Its type locality is Visiano, which is in a Serravallian marine sandstone/siltstone in the Salsomaggiore Formation of Italy.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Visiano

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