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Squalodon vocontiorum

Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae

Taxonomy
Squalodon vocontiorum was named by Delfortrie (1874) [Kelllogg (1923) states that the type specimen was formerly in the private collection of Dr. E. Delfortrie at Bordeaux, France.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Taulignan, which is in a Burdigalian marine horizon in France.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Dal Piaz (1916).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. grateloupii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Squalodon vocontiorum Delfortrie p. 257
1894Squalodon vocontiorum Zittel p. 170
1898Squalodon vocontiorum Trouessart p. 1013
1904Squalodon vocontiorum Trouessart p. 755
1906Squalodon vocontiorum Joleaud p. 379
1923Squalodon vocontiorum Kellogg p. 37

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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
speciesvocontiorum

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 vocontiorum Delfortrie 1874
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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: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Drome) Squalodon vocontiorum (type locality: 85260)