Neosqualodon

{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Langhian}} Miocene

| image = NeosqualodonBologna.JPG

| image_upright = 1.15

| image_caption = Skull

| taxon = Neosqualodon

| authority = Dal Piaz, 1904

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• Neosqualodon assenzae Dal Piaz, 1904 (type)Dal Piaz, G., 1904. Neosqualodon nuovo genere della famiglia degli squalodontidi. - Mem. Soc. Paleo. Suisse Vol. 31 (1905); pp. 1-19.
• Neosqualodon gastaldii (Brandt, 1873)
• Neosqualodon gemellaroi Fabiani, 1949Fabiani, 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.

| synonyms =

• Microsqualodon Abel, 1905

}}

File:Neosqualodon.JPG

Neosqualodon is an extinct genus of toothed cetacean,{{Cite journal | last1 = Bianucci | first1 = G. | last2 = Landini | first2 = W. | doi = 10.1016/S0016-6995(02)00045-1 | title = Change in diversity, ecological significance and biogeographical relationships of the Mediterranean Miocene toothed whale fauna | journal = Geobios | volume = 35 | pages = 19–28 | year = 2002 | bibcode = 2002Geobi..35...19B }} 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.Diego Baruco. [https://www.academia.edu/3632654/Neosqualodon_il_mistero_dei_cetacei_preistorici_degli_Iblei Neosqualodon, il mistero dei cetacei preistorici degli Iblei]. Agora: 40, Apr - Jun, 2012.