Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae

Alternative combinations: Pachyodon catulli, Squalodon catulloi, Trirhizodon catulli

Full reference: R. Molin. 1859. Sulle reliquie d'un Pachyodon dissoterrate a Libano due ore Nord-Est di Belluno in mezzo all arenaria grigia. Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Wien. 25:117-128

Belongs to Squalodon according to G. Pilleri 1985

Sister taxa: Squalodon antverpiensis, Squalodon atlanticus, Squalodon barbarus, Squalodon bariensis, Squalodon bellunensis, Squalodon bordae, Squalodon calvertensis, 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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Libano, which is in an Aquitanian marine sandstone in the Libano Sandstone Formation of Italy

Ecology: aquatic carnivore