The shark-toothed dolphin Squalodon (Cetacea: Odontoceti) from the remarkable Montagna della Majella marine vertebrate assemblage (Bolognano Formation, central Italy)

• Main Authors: Collareta, Alberto, Di Cencio, Andrea, Ricci, Renato, Bianucci, Giovanni
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Association "Carnets de Géologie" 2020
• Subjects: archeo; geo; Dauphins; North Atlantic; toothed whales
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2042/70716

The extinct family Squalodontidae consists of heterodont, medium-sized odontocetes, featuring a long rostrum that houses large, procumbent incisors and heavily ornamented postcanine teeth carrying accessory denticles, hence their vernacular name, "shark-toothed dolphins". These longirostri...