ammonites
Squalodon antverpiensis Van Beneden 1861 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae

Alternative combinations: Squalodon antverpiense, Squalodon antwerpiensis

Full reference: P. J. Van Beneden. 1861. Un mammifere nouveau du Ccrag d'Anvers. Bulletins de L'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 12:22-28

Belongs to Squalodon according to K. Rothausen 1968

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

Subtaxa: Squalodon antverpiensis antverpiensis, Squalodon antverpiensis papillatus

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Type specimen: Its type locality is Vieux-Dieu, which is in a Langhian/Serravallian marine sandstone in the Berchem Formation of Belgium

Ecology: aquatic carnivore