Neosqualodon

Neosqualodon Temporal range: Langhian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Miocene
Skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
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

Jaw

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

References

1. Dal Piaz, G., 1904. Neosqualodon nuovo genere della famiglia degli squalodontidi. - Mem. Soc. Paleo. Suisse Vol. 31 (1905); pp. 1-19.
2. 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.
3. Bianucci, G.; Landini, W. (2002). "Change in diversity, ecological significance and biogeographical relationships of the Mediterranean Miocene toothed whale fauna". Geobios. 35: 19. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(02)00045-1.
4. Diego Baruco. Neosqualodon, il mistero dei cetacei preistorici degli Iblei. Agora: 40, Apr - Jun, 2012.