Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Alternative combinations: Champsodelphis bordae, Delphinus bordae
Full reference: P. Gervais. 1852. Zoologie et Paléontologie Françaises (Animaux Vertébrés) ou Nouvelles Recherches sur les Animaux Vivants et Fossiles de la France [French Zoology and Paleontology (Vertebrate Animals) or New Research on the Living and Fossil Animals of France] 1–3:1-274+
Belongs to Squalodon according to R. Kellogg 1923
See also Abel 1905, Dal Piaz 1916, Gervais 1852, Pictet 1853 and Trouessart 1898
Sister taxa: Phoca pedronii, Priscodelphinus validus, Squalodon antverpiensis, Squalodon barbarus, Squalodon bariensis, Squalodon bellunensis, 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, Rhytisodon tuberculatus, Trirhizodon suessii, Trirhizodon gervaisii
Type specimen: Its type locality is Leognan, which is in a Burdigalian marine sandstone in France
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Leognan
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