†Bythaelurus Compagno 1988 (cat shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Parent taxon: Pentanchinae according to D. C. Hovestadt and M. Hovestadt-Euler 1995
See also Cicimurri and Knight 2009
Sister taxa: Caninoa, Caninotus, Pentanchus, Thalassoklephtes
Subtaxa: Bythaelurus steurbauti
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Belgium (3 collections), United States (1: South Carolina)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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