Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Full reference: A. C. Dooley. 2005. A new species of Squalodon (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Middle Miocene of Virginia. Virginia Museum of Natural History Memoir 8:1-43
Belongs to Squalodon according to M. D. Nelson et al. 2025
See also Dooley 2005, Godfrey and Lambert 2023, Uhen et al. 2008 and Whitmore and Kaltenbach 2008
Sister taxa: Phoca pedronii, Priscodelphinus validus, Squalodon antverpiensis, Squalodon barbarus, Squalodon bellunensis, Squalodon calvertensis, Squalodon grateloupii, Squalodon murdochi, Squalodon peregrinus, Squalodon quaternarium, Squalodon servatus, Rhytisodon tuberculatus, Trirhizodon suessii, Trirhizodon gervaisii
Type specimen: USNM 183023, a partial skull. Its type locality is Mason Mill Pond, Zone 3b, which is in a Burdigalian marine sandstone in the Calvert Formation of Virginia.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (5: Maryland, Virginia collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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