Thyellina Agassiz 1838 (cat shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1838. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (11me livraison) 73-140

Parent taxon: Scylliorhinidae according to D. S. Jordan 1963

Sister taxa: Abdounia, Apristurus, Bythaelurus, Cadiera, Casieria, 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

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Thyellina in the database

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