Casieria Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 (cat shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Full reference: A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta. 1997. Les Orectolobiformes, Carcharhiniformes et Myliobatiformes (Elasmobranchii, Neoselachii) des bassins à phosphate du Maroc (Maastrichtien-Lutétien basal). Systématique, biostratigraphie, évolution et dynamique des faunes. Palaeo Ichthyologica 8:1-327

Parent taxon: Scyliorhinidae according to A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta 1997

Sister taxa: Abdounia, Apristurus, Bythaelurus, Cadiera, Crassescyliorhinus, Cretascyliorhinus, Foumtizia, Haploblepharus, Megascyliorhininae, Megascyliorhinus, Microscyliorhinus, Palaeoscyllium, Paramaturus, Parascyllium, Parasymbolus, Platyrhizoscyllium, Porodermoides, Premontreinae, Prohaploblepharus, Proscyllium, Protoscyliorhinus, Pseudotriacis, Pteroscylliinae, Pteroscyllium, Scyliorhininae, Scyliorhinotheca, Scyliorhinus, Scylliodus, Scyllium, Sigmoscyllium, Thiesus, Thyellina

Subtaxa: Casieria maghrebiana

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Type: Casieria maghrebiana

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Morocco (1 collection), Ukraine (1)

• Paleocene of Morocco (6)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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