†Squaliolus schaubi Casier 1958
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Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Dalatiidae
Alternative combination: Centroscymnus schaubi
Full reference: E. Casier. 1958. Contribution à l'étude des Poissons fossiles des Antiles. Mémoires Suisses de Paléontologie 74:1-95
Belongs to Squaliolus according to C. J. Underwood and J. Schlogl 2013
See also Casier 1966 and Underwood and Mitchell 2004
Sister taxa: Squaliolus gasconensis, Squaliolus laticaudus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Bissex Hill, which is in a Priabonian marine siltstone in the Joe's River Formation of Barbados
Distribution:
• Miocene of Jamaica (1 collection), Slovakia (7)
• Eocene of Barbados (5)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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