†Scymnodalatias Garrick 1956 (sleeper shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Somniosidae
Parent taxon: Somniosidae according to B. Cahuzac et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Centroscymnus, Centroselachus, Cretascymnus, Heteroscymnus, Laemargus, Leiodon, Protoxynotus, Rhinoscymnus, Somniosus
Subtaxa: Scymnodalatias cigalafulgosii
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Eocene of France (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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