Schizodelphis squalodontoides Longhi 1897 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae

Full reference: P. Longhi. 1897. Della pietra da coti o da Mola bellunese e di alcuni suoi fossili (Schizodelphis squalodontoides capellinii n.sp. ecc.). Atti Accad. sci. veneto-trentino-istriana 3(2):41-86

Belongs to Schizodelphis according to P. Longhi 1897

Sister taxa: Aulacodelphis, Schizodelphis barnesi, Schizodelphis bogatshowi, Schizodelphis compressus, Schizodelphis morckhoviensis, Schizodelphis planus, Schizodelphis sulcatus

Subtaxa: Schizodelphis squalodontoides capellinii

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Type specimen: Its type locality is Bolzano, which is in a Burdigalian marine sandstone in Italy

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bolzano

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