Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Alternative combinations: Rhizoprion bariensis, Squalodon bariense, Squalodon bariensis bariensis, Squalodon barriense
Full reference: C. Jourdan. 1861. Description de restes fossiles de deux grands mammifères constituant deux genres, l'un le genre Rhizoprion de l'ordre des Cétecés et du groupe des Delphinoides; l'autre le genre Dynocyon de l'ordre des Carnassiers et de la familie des Canidés. Annales des Sciences Naturelles 16:369-374
Belongs to Squalodon according to M. Fornasiero and L. Del Vavero 2014
See also Bianucci and Landini 2002, Brandt 1873, Brandt 1874, Dal Piaz 1901, Dal Piaz 1916, Dal Piaz 1929, Depéret 1887, Di Patti 2014, Joleaud 1906, Jourdan 1861, Kellogg 1923, Lortet 1887, Paquier 1894, Rothausen 1968, Symeonidis et al. 2004, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Van Beneden 1865 and Zittel 1877
Sister taxa: Phoca pedronii, Priscodelphinus validus, Squalodon antverpiensis, Squalodon barbarus, 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
Type specimen: Its type locality is Village troglodytique de Barry, which is in a Burdigalian carbonate limestone in France
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (1 collection), Italy (4)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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