†Megasqualus Herman 1982 (dogfish shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Squalidae
Parent taxon: Squalidae according to A. Nel et al. 1999
See also Cvancara and Hoganson 1993 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthidium, Acanthorhinus, Atractophorus, Centrophoroides, Centroscyllium, Centrosqualus, Dalatiinae, Entoxychirus, Lepidorhinus, Machephilus, Microetmopterus, Nasisqualus, Paracentroscyllium, Protocentrophorus, Protosqualus, Scymnodon, Spinax, Squalinae, Squalus, Zameus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of New Zealand (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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