Scyliorhinus fossilis Leriche 1927 (cat shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Alternative combination: Chiloscyllium fossile

Synonyms: Physodon ficheuri Joleaud 1912, Scyliorhinus joleaudi Cappetta 1970

Belongs to Scyliorhinus according to S. Schneider et al. 2009

See also Halter 1995 and VillafaƱa et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Scyliorhinus alaformis, Scyliorhinus antiquus, Scyliorhinus arlingtonensis, Scyliorhinus biauriculatus, Scyliorhinus biddlei, Scyliorhinus brumarivulensis, Scyliorhinus cabindensis, Scyliorhinus coupatezi, Scyliorhinus distans, Scyliorhinus dubius, Scyliorhinus elongatus, Scyliorhinus entomodon, Scyliorhinus luypaertsi, Scyliorhinus minutissimus, Scyliorhinus monsaugustus, Scyliorhinus muelleri, Scyliorhinus pattersoni, Scyliorhinus ptychtus, Scyliorhinus reyndersi, Scyliorhinus sulcidens, Scyliorhinus taylorensis, Scyliorhinus trifolius, Scyliorhinus weemsi, Scyliorhinus woodwardi

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• MN 13 of Portugal (2 collections)

• Miocene of Germany (2)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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