Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Full reference: G. Dal Piaz. 1971. Guida dell'Instituto e del museo di Gologia e Paleontologia. Universita Degli Studi di Padova 1-146
Belongs to Squalodon according to M. D. Nelson et al. 2025
See also Bianucci and Landini 2002, Dal Piaz 1971, Fornasiero and Del Vavero 2014, Nelson et al. 2025, Pilleri 1985 and Symeonidis et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Phoca pedronii, Priscodelphinus validus, Squalodon antverpiensis, Squalodon barbarus, Squalodon bellunensis, Squalodon calvertensis, Squalodon grateloupii, Squalodon murdochi, Squalodon quaternarium, Squalodon servatus, Squalodon whitmorei, Rhytisodon tuberculatus, Trirhizodon suessii, Trirhizodon gervaisii
Type specimen: GIUP 26130, a skull. Its type locality is Libano, which is in an Aquitanian marine sandstone in the Libano Sandstone Formation of Italy.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Libano
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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