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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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Squalodon vocontiorum Delfortrie p. 257 figs. Plate IX, Fig. 1
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
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
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
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