Squalodon vocontiorum Delfortrie 1874 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae

Full reference: E. Delfortrie. 1874. Un Squalodon d'espece nouvelle dans le Miocene Superieur du Midi de la France. Actes de la Societe Linneene de Bordeaux 9:257-263

Belongs to Squalodon according to R. Kellogg 1923

See also Dal Piaz 1916, Delfortrie 1874, Joleaud 1906, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904 and Zittel 1894

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 melitensis, Squalodon meyeri, Squalodon mirabilis, Squalodon molassicus, Squalodon murdochi, Squalodon peregrinus, Squalodon quaternarium, Squalodon rugidens, Squalodon servatus, Squalodon whitmorei, Squalodon zitteli, Rhytisodon tuberculatus, Trirhizodon gervaisii, Trirhizodon suessii

Type specimen: Its type locality is Taulignan, which is in a Burdigalian marine horizon in France

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Taulignan

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