Family Parascylliidae Gill 1862 (collared carpetshark)

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Parascylliidae

Alternative spelling: Parascyllidae

Parent taxon: Parascyllioidei according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016

See also Cahuzac et al. 2007, Purdy et al. 2001 and Underwood 2006

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Pararhincodon

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Egypt (2 collections), France (2), Jordan (1), Ukraine (1)

• Cretaceous of France (8), Germany (2), Lebanon (1), Sweden (4), the United Kingdom (12), United States (4: Colorado, South Carolina, Texas)

Total: 37 collections including 41 occurrences

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