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 M. D. Nelson et al. 2025
See also Brandt 1874, Bronn 1853, Dal Piaz 1916, Kellogg 1923, Meyer 1841, Meyer 1858, Nelson et al. 2025, Pictet 1853, Roger 1887, Rothausen 1968, Scott 1873, 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 bellunensis, Squalodon calvertensis, Squalodon grateloupii, Squalodon murdochi, Squalodon peregrinus, Squalodon quaternarium, Squalodon whitmorei, 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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