Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Alternative combinations: Squalodon antverpiense, Squalodon antwerpiense, Squalodon antwerpiensis
Full reference: P. J. Van Beneden. 1861. Un mammifere nouveau du Crag d'Anvers. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 12:22-28
Belongs to Squalodon according to K. Rothausen 1968
See also Abel 1905, Brandt 1874, Cope 1890, Dal Piaz 1916, Flores 1895, Kellogg 1923, Newton 1891, Symeonidis et al. 2004, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Vanden Broeck 1874 and Zittel 1894
Sister taxa: Phoca pedronii, Priscodelphinus validus, 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 vocontiorum, Squalodon whitmorei, Squalodon zitteli, Trirhizodon suessii, Trirhizodon gervaisii, Rhytisodon tuberculatus
Subtaxa: Squalodon antverpiensis antverpiensis Squalodon antverpiensis papillatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Vieux-Dieu, which is in a Langhian/Serravallian open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Berchem Formation of Belgium
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Belgium (1 collection), Italy (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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