Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Squalidae
Full reference: S. Adnet, H. Capetta, and R. Mertiniene. 2008. Re-evaluation of squaloid shark records from the Albian and Cenomanian of Lithuania. Cretaceous Research 29(4):711-722
Parent taxon: Squalidae according to H. Cappetta et al. 2019
See also Adnet et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Acanthidium, Acanthorhinus, Atractophorus, Centrophoroides, Centroscyllium, Centrosqualus, Dalatiinae, Entoxychirus, Lepidorhinus, Machephilus, Megasqualus, Microetmopterus, Nasisqualus, Paracentroscyllium, Protosqualus, Scymnodon, Spinax, Squalinae, Squalus, Zameus
Subtaxa: Protocentrophorus balticus Protocentrophorus steviae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: British Columbia collections), Lithuania (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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