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Squalodon hypsispondylus

Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae

Taxonomy
Squalodon hypsispondylus was named by Brandt (1874) [Kellogg (1923) states that the type specimen is in the Museum Franciso-Carolinum at Linz, Austria. Brandt (1874) give no type locality. Kellogg (1923) suggests that it may have been collected in the vicinity of Linz.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Linz, which is in a Chattian open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Linzer Sanden Formation of Austria.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. grateloupii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Squalodon hypsispondylus Brandt p. 42
1898Squalodon hypsispondylus Trouessart p. 1014
1904Squalodon hypsispondylus Trouessart p. 755
1923Squalodon hypsispondylus Kellogg

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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
specieshypsispondylus

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 hypsispondylus Brandt 1874
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available