Dalatias Rafinesque 1810 (shark)

Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Dalatiidae

Parent taxon: Dalatiidae according to J. D. Carrillo-BriceƱo et al. 2016

See also Jordan 1907, Jordan 1963, Keyes 1984, Long 1992, Sepkoski 2002, Sykes 1971 and Yabe and Hirayama 1998

Sister taxa: Acrosqualiolus, Angoumeius, Eosqualiolus, Hessinodon, Isistius, Oligodalatias, Squaliodalatias, Squaliolus

Subtaxa: Dalatias licha

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Mangapanian of New Zealand (3 collections)

• Pliocene of Japan (1), New Zealand (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (1)

• Miocene of Colombia (1), Japan (6), New Zealand (2), Panama (1), South Korea (1)

• Waitakian of New Zealand (2)

• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)

• Eocene of Antarctica (1), New Zealand (1)

• Paleocene of New Zealand (1)

Total: 23 collections including 24 occurrences

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