Neosqualodon

Neosqualodon
Temporal range: Langhian
Miocene
NeosqualodonBologna.JPG
Skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Squalodontidae
Genus: Neosqualodon
Dal Piaz, 1904
Species
  • Neosqualodon assenzae Dal Piaz, 1904 (type)
  • Neosqualodon gastaldii (Brandt, 1873)
  • Neosqualodon gemellaroi Fabiani, 1949
Synonyms
  • Microsqualodon Abel, 1905
Jaw

Neosqualodon is an extinct genus of toothed cetacean, that lived in the Middle Miocene (Langhian) in what is now Italy. Their fossils - mostly teeth and jaws that are more robust and shorter than in the related genus Squalodon - have been recovered in the Ragusa Formation of Sicily. Two species are known: N. assenzae and N. gemellaroi, that are distinguished by the shape of the teeth. Apparently this genus was endemic to the pre-Mediterranean sea of the Late Oligocene.


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