Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Full reference: A. C. Dooley. 2005. A new species of Squalodon (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Middle Miocene of Virginia. Virginia Museum of Natural History Memoir 8:1-43
Belongs to Squalodon according to S. J. Godfrey and O. Lambert 2023
See also Dooley 2005, Uhen et al. 2008 and Whitmore and Kaltenbach 2008
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 servatus, Squalodon vocontiorum, Squalodon zitteli, Trirhizodon suessii, Trirhizodon gervaisii, Rhytisodon tuberculatus
Type specimen: USNM 183023, a partial skull. Its type locality is Mason Mill Pond, Zone 3b, which is in a Burdigalian marine sandstone in the Calvert Formation of Virginia.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (5: Maryland, Virginia collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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