Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Alternative combinations: Arionius servatus, Squalodon servatum
Full reference: H. v. Meyer. 1841. Arionius servatus, ein den Delphinen verwandtes Meeres-Säugethier aus der Molasse von Baltringen in Württemberg. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde 1841:315-331
Belongs to Squalodon according to K. Rothausen 1968
See also Brandt 1874, Bronn 1853, Dal Piaz 1916, Kellogg 1923, Meyer 1841, Meyer 1858, Pictet 1853, Roger 1887, Studer 1898, Symeonidis et al. 2004, Trouessart 1898, Trouessart 1904, Van Beneden and Gervais 1880 and Zittel 1894
Sister taxa: Phoca pedronii, Priscodelphinus validus, Squalodon antverpiensis, 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 vocontiorum, Squalodon whitmorei, Squalodon zitteli, Rhytisodon tuberculatus, Trirhizodon suessii, Trirhizodon gervaisii
Type specimen: Its type locality is Baltringen, which is in a Burdigalian marine horizon in Germany
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Baltringen
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