Squalodon hypsispondylus Brandt 1874 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae

Full reference: J. F. Brandt. 1874. Ergänzungen zu den Fossilen Cetaceen Europa's. Mémoires de L'Academie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg, VIIE Série 21(6):1-54

Belongs to Squalodon according to R. Kellogg 1923

See also Brandt 1874, Trouessart 1898 and Trouessart 1904

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 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 gervaisii, Trirhizodon suessii

Type specimen: Its type locality is Linz, which is in a Chattian open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Linzer Sanden Formation of Austria

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Linz

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