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Eosqualodon latirostris

Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae

Discussion

PMPU=Paleontology Museum, Padua University; see also Pilleri, 1986 {Plate Ia.)

Taxonomy
Squalodon bariensis latirostris was named by Capellini (1903) [Kellogg (1923) states that the type specimen is in the Museo geologico dell'Instituto dell'Universita di Padova, Italy. The type locality is 49395.]. Its type specimen is PMPU 26367, a partial skull (partial skull and mandible with no teeth), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Schio, which is in an Aquitanian marine sandstone in the Arenaria di Grumi Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Eosqualodon latirostris by Rothausen (1968), Sanders et al. (1982), Pilleri (1985) and Fornasiero and Del Vavero (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Squalodon bariensis latirostris Capellini p. 11 figs. Plate, Fig. 1-2
1923Squalodon bariensis latirostris Kellogg p. 9
1968Eosqualodon latirostris Rothausen p. 90 figs. not figured
1982Eosqualodon latirostris Sanders et al. p. H119
1985Eosqualodon latirostris Pilleri p. 25
2014Eosqualodon latirostris Fornasiero and Del Vavero p. 66

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
Pelagiceti
Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
Amblyoccipita
Stegoceti
familySqualodontidae
genusEosqualodon
specieslatirostris()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Eosqualodon latirostris Capellini 1903
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Diagnosis
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