ammonites
Squalodon hypsispondylus Brandt 1874 (whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae

Full reference: J. F. Brandt. 1874. Ergänzungen zu den Fossilen Cetaceen Europa's. Mémoires de L'Academie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg, VIIE Série 21(6):1-54

Belongs to Squalodon according to R. Kellogg 1923

Sister taxa: Squalodon antverpiensis, Squalodon atlanticus, Squalodon barbarus, Squalodon bariensis, Squalodon bellunensis, Squalodon bordae, Squalodon calvertensis, Squalodon catulli, Squalodon dalpiazi, Squalodon grateloupii, 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 Linz, which is in a Chattian coastal sandstone in the Linzer Sanden Formation of Austria

Ecology: aquatic carnivore