Centrophoroides Davis 1887 (dogfish shark)

Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Squalidae

Full reference: J. D. Davis. 1887. The fossil fishes of the chalk of Mount Lebanon, in Syria. The Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, Series II 3:457-634

Parent taxon: Squalidae according to R. A. Otero et al. 2013

See also Guinot et al. 2013, Jordan 1963 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthidium, Acanthorhinus, Atractophorus, Centroscyllium, Centrosqualus, Dalatiinae, Entoxychirus, Lepidorhinus, Machephilus, Megasqualus, Microetmopterus, Nasisqualus, Paracentroscyllium, Protocentrophorus, Protosqualus, Scymnodon, Spinax, Squalinae, Squalus, Zameus

Subtaxa: Centrophoroides appendiculatus

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Type: Centrophoroides latidens

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (1 collection), Chile (2), France (2), Germany (1), United States (12: Wyoming)

Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence

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