†Scyllium tumidens Woodward 1889 (cat shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) Part 1 1-613
Belongs to Scyllium according to A. S. Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Scyllium angustum, Scyllium minutissimum
Type specimen: BMNH P.4777, a skeleton
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Clay Pit, Engelbostel, Hannover (Cretaceous of Germany)
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