Scyllium angustum Agassiz 1838 (cat shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Alternative combinations: Thyellina angusta, Thyellina angustum

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1838. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (11me livraison) 73-140

Belongs to Scyllium according to A. S. Woodward 1889

See also Agassiz 1838, Agassiz 1843 and von der Marck 1873

Sister taxa: Scyllium africanum, Scyllium bivium, Scyllium buergeri, Scyllium canicula, Scyllium capense, Scyllium catulus, Scyllium colineti, Scyllium edwardsii, Scyllium maculatum, Scyllium minutissimum, Scyllium pantherinum, Scyllium pictum, Scyllium variegatum

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bauerschaft Bracht, near Sendenhorst (Cretaceous of Germany)

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