Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Full reference: S. Kiel, J. Peckmann, and K. Simon. 2013. Catshark Egg Capsules from a Late Eocene Deep-Water Methane-Seep Deposit in Western Washington State, USA. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58(1):77-84

Parent taxon: Scyliorhinidae according to S. Kiel et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Abdounia, Apristurus, Bythaelurus, Cadiera, Casieria, Crassescyliorhinus, Cretascyliorhinus, Foumtizia, Haploblepharus, Megascyliorhininae, Megascyliorhinus, Microscyliorhinus, Palaeoscyllium, Paramaturus, Parascyllium, Parasymbolus, Platyrhizoscyllium, Porodermoides, Premontreinae, Prohaploblepharus, Proscyllium, Protoscyliorhinus, Pseudotriacis, Pteroscylliinae, Pteroscyllium, Scyliorhininae, Scyliorhinus, Scylliodus, Scyllium, Sigmoscyllium, Thiesus, Thyellina

Subtaxa: Scyliorhinotheca goederti

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Type: Scyliorhinotheca goederti

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at LACMIP 5802 Bear Creek (Eocene of Washington)

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