Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae
PMPU=Paleontology Museum, Padua University; see also Pilleri, 1986 {Plate Ia.)
Alternative combination: Squalodon bariensis latirostris
Full reference: G. Capellini. 1903. Avanzi di squalodonte nella Arenaria di Grumi dei Frati Presso Schio. Memorie della R. Accademia delle Scienze dell'Instituto di Bologna 10:1-11
Belongs to Eosqualodon according to M. D. Nelson et al. 2025
See also Capellini 1903, Fornasiero and Del Vavero 2014, Kellogg 1923, Pilleri 1985, Rothausen 1968 and Sanders et al. 1982
Sister taxon: Eosqualodon langewieschei
Type specimen: PMPU 26367, a partial skull (partial skull and mandible with no teeth). Its type locality is Schio, which is in an Aquitanian marine sandstone in the Arenaria di Grumi Formation of Italy.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Schio
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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