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Squalodon rugidens

Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae

Taxonomy
Phoca rugidens was named by Meyer (1845). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Monachus (Pristiphoca) rugidens by Trouessart (1898); it was recombined as Squalodon rugidens by Kellogg (1922).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. grateloupii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Phoca rugidens Meyer p. 309
1898Monachus (Pristiphoca) rugidens Trouessart p. 380
1922Squalodon rugidens Kellogg p. 128

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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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
—Amblyoccipita
—Stegoceti
familySqualodontidae
genusSqualodon
speciesrugidens(Meyer 1845)

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 rugidens Meyer 1845
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available