Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Alternative combinations: Squalodon bariensis bellunensis, Squalodon bellunense
Full reference: G. Dal Piaz. 1901. Alcuni resti di Squalodon dell'Arenaria Miocenica di Belluno. Palaeontographia Italica 6:303-314
Belongs to Squalodon according to M. D. Nelson et al. 2025
See also Bianucci and Landini 2002, Dal Piaz 1901, Dal Piaz 1916, Dal Piaz 1929, Dal Piaz 1971, Fornasiero and Del Vavero 2014, Kellogg 1923, Nelson et al. 2025, Pilleri 1985, Rothausen 1968, Sanders et al. 1982, Symeonidis et al. 2004 and Trouessart 1904
Sister taxa: Phoca pedronii, Priscodelphinus validus, Squalodon antverpiensis, Squalodon barbarus, Squalodon calvertensis, Squalodon grateloupii, Squalodon murdochi, Squalodon peregrinus, Squalodon quaternarium, Squalodon servatus, Squalodon whitmorei, Trirhizodon gervaisii, Trirhizodon suessii, Rhytisodon tuberculatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Belluno, which is in an Aquitanian marine sandstone in the Libano Formation of Italy
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Austria (1 collection), Greece (1), Italy (4)
Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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