†Cretascymnus Cappetta 1980 (sleeper shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Somniosidae
Parent taxon: Somniosidae according to I. Feichtinger et al. 2022
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Centroscymnus, Centroselachus, Heteroscymnus, Laemargus, Leiodon, Protoxynotus, Rhinoscymnus, Scymnodalatias, Somniosus
Subtaxa: Cretascymnus beauryi Cretascymnus westfalicus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (7 collections), Germany (3), Israel (1), Lebanon (1)
Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences
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