Neosqualodon

Neosqualodon is an extinct genus of toothed cetacean,^[3] that lived in the Middle Miocene (Langhian) in what is now Italy. Their fossils - mostly teeth and jaws that are more robust and shorter than in the related genus Squalodon - have been recovered in the Ragusa Formation of Sicily. Two species are known: N. assenzae and N. gemellaroi, that are distinguished by the shape of the teeth. Apparently this genus was endemic to the pre-Mediterranean sea of the Late Oligocene.^[4]

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Mammalia

Order:Artiodactyla

Infraorder:Cetacea

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Neosqualodon Temporal range: Langhian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Miocene
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	†Squalodontidae
Genus:	†Neosqualodon Dal Piaz, 1904
Species
Neosqualodon assenzae Dal Piaz, 1904 (type)[1] Neosqualodon gastaldii (Brandt, 1873) Neosqualodon gemellaroi Fabiani, 1949[2]
Synonyms
Microsqualodon Abel, 1905

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