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Squalodon peregrinus

Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae

Taxonomy
Squalodon peregrinus was named by Dal Piaz (1971) [Species is assigned to Dal Piaz, not Dal Piaz and Piccoli.]. Its type specimen is GIUP 26130, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Libano, which is in an Aquitanian marine sandstone in the Libano Sandstone Formation of Italy.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. grateloupii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Squalodon peregrinus Dal Piaz p. 72 figs. Plates XXI andn XXII
1985Squalodon peregrinus Pilleri p. 21
2002Squalodon peregrinus Bianucci and Landini p. 21
2004Squalodon peregrinus Symeonidis et al. p. 319 figs. Table 2
2014Squalodon peregrinus Fornasiero and Del Vavero p. 66
2025Squalodon peregrinus Nelson et al. p. 7

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
familySqualodontidae
genusSqualodon
speciesperegrinus

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 peregrinus Dal Piaz 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marine, freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-03-06 14:21:39
Modified: 2005-09-22 15:42:08
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Uhen 2004

Age range: Aquitanian or 23.04000 to 20.45000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Italy Squalodon peregrinus (type locality: 47623)