Folipistrix Kriwet 2003 (carpet shark)

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae

Full reference: J. Kriwet. 2003. Neoselachian remains (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Middle Jurassic of SW Germany and NW Poland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48(4):583-594

Parent taxon: Hemiscylliidae according to J. Kriwet 2003

Sister taxa: Adnetoscyllium, Almascyllium, Chiloscyllium, Cirrhoscyllium, Hemiscyllium, Palaeobrachaelurus, Pseudospinax

Subtaxa: Folipistrix digitulus

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Type: Folipistrix digitulus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Folipistrix in the database

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