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Eosqualodon
Taxonomy
Eosqualodon was named by Rothausen (1968) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u Sepkoski's reference number: 746]. Its type is Eosqualodon langewieschei. It was considered monophyletic by Muizon (1987).
It was assigned to Squalodontinae by Rothausen (1968); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Odontoceti by Geisler and Sanders (2003); and to Squalodontidae by Whitmore and Sanders (1977), Pilleri (1985), Muizon (1987), Carroll (1988), Muizon (1990), Benton (1993), Muizon (1994), McKenna and Bell (1997), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Uhen (2008), Fornasiero and Del Vavero (2014) and Marx et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Squalodontinae by Rothausen (1968); to Cetacea by Sepkoski (2002); to Odontoceti by Geisler and Sanders (2003); and to Squalodontidae by Whitmore and Sanders (1977), Pilleri (1985), Muizon (1987), Carroll (1988), Muizon (1990), Benton (1993), Muizon (1994), McKenna and Bell (1997), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Uhen (2008), Fornasiero and Del Vavero (2014) and Marx et al. (2016).
Species
E. langewieschei (type species), E. latirostris
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1968 | Eosqualodon Rothausen pp. 88-89 |
| 1977 | Eosqualodon Whitmore and Sanders p. 305 |
| 1985 | Eosqualodon Pilleri p. 25 |
| 1987 | Eosqualodon Muizon p. 13 |
| 1988 | Eosqualodon Carroll |
| 1990 | Eosqualodon Muizon p. 315 figs. Fig. 15 |
| 1993 | Eosqualodon Benton p. 761 |
| 1994 | Eosqualodon Muizon p. 136 |
| 1997 | Eosqualodon McKenna and Bell p. 373 |
| 2001 | Eosqualodon Fordyce and de Muizon p. 178 |
| 2002 | Eosqualodon Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Eosqualodon Geisler and Sanders p. 28 |
| 2008 | Eosqualodon Uhen p. 445 figs. Table 1 |
| 2014 | Eosqualodon Fornasiero and Del Vavero p. 66 |
| 2016 | Eosqualodon Marx et al. p. 120 |
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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.
G. †Eosqualodon Rothausen 1968
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†Eosqualodon langewieschei Rothausen 1968
†Eosqualodon latirostris Capellini 1903
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available