Deania Jordan and Snyder 1902 (gulper shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Centrophoridae
Parent taxon: Centrophoridae according to S. Adnet et al. 2008
See also Cahuzac et al. 2007, Jordan 1963, Long 1992, Sepkoski 2002 and Villafaña et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Centrodeania, Centrophorus
Subtaxa: Deania angoumeensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Miocene of Germany (1), Jamaica (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), France (1), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (1)
• Cretaceous of Germany (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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