Scymnodon Bocage and Capello 1864 (dogfish shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Squalidae
Parent taxon: Squalidae according to D. S. Jordan 1963
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthidium, Acanthorhinus, Atractophorus, Centrophoroides, Centroscyllium, Centrosqualus, Dalatiinae, Entoxychirus, Lepidorhinus, Machephilus, Megasqualus, Microetmopterus, Nasisqualus, Paracentroscyllium, Protocentrophorus, Protosqualus, Spinax, Squalinae, Squalus, Zameus
Subtaxa: Scymnodon obscurus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Miocene of Jamaica (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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