Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Full reference: G. R. Case. 1994. Fossil fish remains from the Late Paleocene Tuscahoma and Early Eocene Bashi Formations of Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, Part I. Selachians. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 230(Lfg. 4-6):97-138
Parent taxon: Scyliorhinidae according to A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta 1997
See also Case 1994
Sister taxa: Apristurus, Cadiera, Casieria, Cephaloscyllium, Crassescyliorhinus, Cretascyliorhinus, Foumtizia, Haploblepharus, Megascyliorhininae, Palaeoscyllium, Paramaturus, Parascyllium, Parasymbolus, Pentanchinae, Platyrhizoscyllium, Porodermoides, Premontreinae, Prohaploblepharus, Proscyllium, Protoscyliorhinus, Pseudotriacis, Pteroscylliinae, Pteroscyllium, Scyliorhininae, Scyliorhinotheca, Scyliorhinus, Scylliodus, Scyllium, Sigmoscyllium, Thiesus, Thyellina
Subtaxa: Microscyliorhinus burnhamensis Microscyliorhinus simplex
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (2 collections), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Mississippi)
• Paleocene of Morocco (4)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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