Squalodon barbarus Mchedlidze and Aslanova 1968 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae

Alternative combination: Kelloggia barbarus

Belongs to Squalodon according to M. D. Nelson et al. 2025

See also Dooley 2005, Mchedlidze 1976 and Nelson et al. 2025

Sister taxa: Phoca pedronii, Priscodelphinus validus, Squalodon antverpiensis, Squalodon bellunensis, Squalodon calvertensis, Squalodon grateloupii, Squalodon murdochi, Squalodon peregrinus, Squalodon quaternarium, Squalodon servatus, Squalodon whitmorei, Rhytisodon tuberculatus, Trirhizodon suessii, Trirhizodon gervaisii

Type specimen: IP No. S2/26, a skull. Its type locality is Perekishkyul, which is in a Chattian marine horizon in Azerbaijan.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Perekishkyul

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