Eosqualodon Rothausen 1968 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae

Full reference: K. Rothausen. 1968. Die systematische Stellung der europäischen Squalodontidae (Odontoceti, Mamm.). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 42(1-2):83-104

Parent taxon: Squalodontidae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016

See also Benton 1993, Carroll 1988, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Fornasiero and Del Vavero 2014, Geisler and Sanders 2003, McKenna and Bell 1997, Muizon 1987, Muizon 1990, Muizon 1994, Pilleri 1985, Rothausen 1968, Sepkoski 2002, Uhen 2008 and Whitmore and Sanders 1977

Sister taxa: Austrosqualodon, Pachyodon, Portheodon, Prosqualodon hamiltoni, Squalodon, Squalodon andrewi, Squalodon atlanticus, Squalodontinae, Tangaroasaurus, Zeuglodon vredense

Subtaxa: Eosqualodon langewieschei Eosqualodon latirostris

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Type: Eosqualodon langewieschei

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Italy (1 collection)

• Oligocene of Germany (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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