Neosqualodon
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| Neosqualodon Temporal range: Miocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | †Squalodontidae |
| Genus: | †Neosqualodon Dal Piaz, 1904 |
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Neosqualodon is an extinct genus of toothed cetacean, 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.
References
- ^ Dal Piaz, G., 1904. Neosqualodon nuovo genere della famiglia degli squalodontidi. - Mem. Soc. Paleo. Suisse Vol. 31 (1905); pp. 1-19.
- ^ Fabiani, R., 1949b. Gli odontoceti del Miocene inferiore della Sicilia. – Memorie dell’Instituto Geologico dell’Università di Padova, Vol. 16; 10 fig., 2 tav. pp. 1-3.
- ^ Bianucci, G.; Landini, W. (2002). "Change in diversity, ecological significance and biogeographical relationships of the Mediterranean Miocene toothed whale fauna". Geobios. 35: 19–28. Bibcode:2002Geobi..35...19B. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(02)00045-1.
- ^ Diego Baruco. Neosqualodon, il mistero dei cetacei preistorici degli Iblei. Agora: 40, Apr - Jun, 2012.
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