Family Centrophoridae Bleeker 1859 (gulper shark)

Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Centrophoridae

Parent taxon: Squaliformes according to I. Feichtinger et al. 2024

See also Adnet et al. 2008, Cahuzac et al. 2007, Nelson et al. 2016, Underwood 2006 and VillafaƱa et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Centropterus, Dalatiidae, Dalatioidea, Etmopteridae, Fredipristis, Gibbechinorhinus, Oxynotidae, Paraechinorhinus, Pseudoechinorhinus, Scymnorhinidae, Somniosidae, Squalidae, Squalogaleus

Subtaxa: Centrodeania Centrophorus Deania

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Italy (1 collection)

• Miocene of Colombia (1), Ecuador (2), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Jamaica (1), New Zealand (2), Panama (2)

• Waitakian of New Zealand (2)

• Eocene of Antarctica (2), Barbados (1), France (1), Jordan (1), New Zealand (1), Ukraine (1), United States (1: Oregon)

• Paleocene of Austria (2), New Zealand (4), United States (1: California)

• Cretaceous of Germany (1), Lebanon (2), New Zealand (1)

Total: 32 collections including 38 occurrences

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