Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae

Alternative combination: Phoca melitensis

Synonyms: Phocodon scillae Agassiz 1841, Squalodon scillae Agassiz 1841

Belongs to Squalodon according to K. Rothausen 1968

Sister taxa: Squalodon antverpiensis, 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 meyeri, Squalodon molassicus, Squalodon peregrinus, Squalodon servatus, Squalodon tiedemani, Squalodon vocontiorum, Squalodon whitmorei, Squalodon wingei

Type specimens:

• Squalodon melitensis: Its type locality is MaltaGeneral, which is in a Chattian/Langhian marine phosphorite in the Globbigerina Limestone Formation of Malta
• Squalodon scillae: Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge, a mandible (mandible fragment with three teeth). Its type locality is Wied l-Isquof, which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian marine phosphorite in the Upper Main Phosphorite Conglomerate Formation of Malta.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore