Squalodon melitensis Blainville 1840

Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae

Alternative combination: Phoca melitensis

Synonyms: Phocodon scillae Agassiz 1841, Squalodon scillae Agassiz 1841

Full reference: H. M. D. Blainville. 1840. Ostéographie des Carnassiers: Des Phoques. 1-51

Belongs to Squalodon according to K. Rothausen 1968

See also Agassiz 1841, Bianucci et al. 2011, Blainville 1840, Brandt 1873, Brandt 1874, Dal Piaz 1916, Kellogg 1922, Kellogg 1923, McCoy 1867, Symeonidis et al. 2004, 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 hypsispondylus, Squalodon imperator, Squalodon linzianus, 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 melitensis: Its type locality is Malta General, which is in a Chattian/Langhian marine phosphorite in the Globigerina Limestone Formation of Malta
  • Squalodon scillae: Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge, a mandible (mandible fragment with three teeth). Its type locality is Wied l-Isquof, which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian marine phosphorite in the Upper Main Phosphorite Conglomerate Formation of Malta.

Distribution:

• Miocene of Italy (1 collection)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Malta (1)

Total: 2 collections including 4 occurrences

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