Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae

Alternative combinations: Patriocetus grateloupii, Squalodon grateloupi

Synonyms: Basilosaurus squalodon Pedroni 1845 [objective synonym], Delphinoides gratelupi Pedroni 1845 [objective synonym], Squalodon grateloupii Gervais 1846 [objective synonym], Squalodon gratelupi Pedroni 1845 [objective synonym]

Full reference: H. v. Meyer. 1843. Mittheilungen an Professor Bronn gerichtet. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde 1843:698-704

Belongs to Squalodon according to F. G. Marx et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Squalodon antverpiensis, Squalodon atlanticus, Squalodon barbarus, Squalodon bariensis, Squalodon bellunensis, Squalodon bordae, Squalodon calvertensis, Squalodon catulli, Squalodon dalpiazi, Squalodon hypsispondylus, Squalodon imperator, Squalodon linzianus, Squalodon melitensis, Squalodon meyeri, Squalodon molassicus, Squalodon peregrinus, Squalodon servatus, Squalodon tiedemani, Squalodon vocontiorum, Squalodon whitmorei, Squalodon wingei

Type specimens:

• Squalodon grateloupii: OL 1999/2, a skull. Its type locality is Linz, which is in a Chattian coastal sandstone in the Linzer Sanden Formation of Austria.
• Delphinoides gratelupi: Its type locality is Leognan, which is in a Burdigalian marine sandstone in France.
• Squalodon grateloupii: Its type locality is Linz, which is in a Chattian coastal sandstone in the Linzer Sanden Formation of Austria.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore