Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Squalidae
Full reference: D. J. Long. 1992. Sharks from the La Meseta Formation (Eocene), Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 12(1):11-32
Belongs to Squalus according to A. Engelbrecht et al. 2017
See also Long 1992
Sister taxa: Squalus acanthias, Squalus alsaticus, Squalus argentinensis, Squalus ballingsloevensis, Squalus balsvikensis, Squalus blainvillei, Squalus chiconis, Squalus crenatidens, Squalus gabrielsoni, Squalus huntensis, Squalus megalops, Squalus minor, Squalus nicholsae, Squalus perlo, Squalus philippi, Squalus smithi, Squalus sorrakowah, Squalus stehlini, Squalus suckleyi, Squalus vondermarcki, Squalus woodburnei, Squalus worlandensis, Biforisodus, Acanthias geelongensis, Acanthias depauwi
Type specimen: UCR 22088, a tooth. Its type locality is RV-8200, Seymour Island, which is in a Bartonian paralic sandstone/sandstone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: California, Oregon collections)
• Eocene of Antarctica (13), Chile (1), United States (1: Washington)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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