Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Full reference: C. J. Underwood and D. J. Ward. 2008. Sharks of the order Carcharhiniformes from the British Coniacian, Santonian and Campanian (Upper Cretaceous). Palaeontology 51:509-536
Parent taxon: Scyliorhinidae according to C. J. Underwood and D. J. Ward 2008
See also Hübner and Müller 2010
Sister taxa: Abdounia, Apristurus, Bythaelurus, Cadiera, Casieria, 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: Crassescyliorhinus germanicus Crassescyliorhinus musteliformis
Type: Scyliorhinus germanicus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Egypt (8 collections)
• Cretaceous of France (1), Germany (1), Sweden (5), the United Kingdom (6)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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