Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Full reference: R. Kellogg. 1923. Description of two squalodonts recently discovered in the Calvert Cliffs, Maryland; and notes on the shark-toothed cetaceans. Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum 62(16):1-69
Belongs to Squalodon according to Y. Tanaka and R. E. Fordyce 2014
See also Dooley 2003, Geisler et al. 2011, Godfrey and Lambert 2023, Gottfried et al. 1994, Hay 1930, Kellogg 1923, Uhen et al. 2008, Whitmore 1984 and Whitmore and Kaltenbach 2008
Sister taxa: Phoca pedronii, Priscodelphinus validus, Squalodon antverpiensis, Squalodon barbarus, Squalodon bariensis, Squalodon bellunensis, Squalodon bordae, 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: USNM 10484, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Chesapeake Beach, south of, Zones 3-6, which is in a Burdigalian offshore siltstone in the Calvert Formation of Maryland.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (8: Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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