Squalodon bellunensis Dal Piaz 1901 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae

Alternative combinations: Squalodon bariensis bellunensis, Squalodon bellunense

Full reference: G. Dal Piaz. 1901. Alcuni resti di Squalodon dell'Arenaria Miocenica di Belluno. Palaeontographia Italica 6:303-314

Belongs to Squalodon according to M. Fornasiero and L. Del Vavero 2014

See also Bianucci and Landini 2002, Dal Piaz 1901, Dal Piaz 1916, Dal Piaz 1929, Dal Piaz 1971, Kellogg 1923, Pilleri 1985, Rothausen 1968, Sanders et al. 1982, Symeonidis et al. 2004 and Trouessart 1904

Sister taxa: Phoca pedronii, Priscodelphinus validus, Squalodon antverpiensis, Squalodon barbarus, Squalodon bariensis, 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 vocontiorum, Squalodon whitmorei, Squalodon zitteli, Trirhizodon suessii, Trirhizodon gervaisii, Rhytisodon tuberculatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Belluno, which is in an Aquitanian marine sandstone in the Libano Formation of Italy

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Austria (1 collection), Greece (1), Italy (4)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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