Etmopterus Rafinesque 1810 (shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Etmopteridae
Parent taxon: Etmopteridae according to C. J. Underwood and J. Schlogl 2013
See also Cahuzac et al. 2007, Jordan 1963 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Eoetmopterus, Incognitorapax, Miroscyllium, Orthechinorhinus, Paraetmopterus, Proetmopterus, Trigonognathus
Subtaxa: Etmopterus acutidens Etmopterus cahuzaci Etmopterus spinax
Type: Squalus spinax
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Slovakia (4 collections)
• Eocene of Barbados (2), France (1), Ukraine (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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