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Squalodon bariensis

Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae

Taxonomy
Rhizoprion bariensis was named by Jourdan (1861). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Village troglodytique de Barry, which is in a Burdigalian carbonate limestone in France.

It was synonymized subjectively with Squalodon grateloupii by Van Beneden (1865), Brandt (1873) and Depéret (1887); it was recombined as Squalodon barriense by Paquier (1894) and Joleaud (1906); it was recombined as Squalodon bariense by Dal Piaz (1916); it was recombined as Squalodon bariensis bariensis by Kellogg (1923); it was recombined as Squalodon bariensis by Brandt (1874), Zittel (1877), Trouessart (1898), Dal Piaz (1901), Trouessart (1904), Dal Piaz (1929), Rothausen (1968), Bianucci and Landini (2002), Symeonidis et al. (2004), Fornasiero and Del Vavero (2014) and Di Patti (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Rhizoprion bariensis Jourdan p. 372
1874Squalodon bariensis Brandt p. III
1877Squalodon bariensis Zittel
1887Rhizoprion bariensis Lortet p. 315
1894Squalodon barriense Paquier p. 46
1898Squalodon bariensis Trouessart p. 1012
1901Squalodon bariensis Dal Piaz p. 305
1904Squalodon bariensis Trouessart p. 755
1906Squalodon barriense Joleaud p. 379
1916Squalodon bariense Dal Piaz p. 8
1923Squalodon bariensis bariensis Kellogg p. 8
1929Squalodon bariensis Dal Piaz p. 74
1968Squalodon bariensis Rothausen p. 91 figs. Table 1
2002Squalodon bariensis Bianucci and Landini p. 21
2004Squalodon bariensis Symeonidis et al. p. 319 figs. Table 2
2014Squalodon bariensis Di Patti p. 129
2014Squalodon bariensis Fornasiero and Del Vavero p. 65

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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
genusSqualodon
speciesbariensis()

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.

Squalodon bariensis Jourdan 1861
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marine, freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-03-06 14:21:39
Modified: 2005-09-22 15:42:08
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Langhian or 23.03000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Italy Squalodon bariensis (47623)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy (Sicily) Squalodon bariensis (49396)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Drôme) Rhizoprion bariensis (type locality: 48662)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Squalodon bariensis (47187)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Italy (Sicillia) Squalodon bariensis (28617)