†Megasqualus Herman 1982 (dogfish shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Squalidae
Parent taxon: Squalidae according to E. V. Popov and V. A. Lopyrev 2024
See also Cvancara and Hoganson 1993, Nel et al. 1999 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthidium, Acanthorhinus, Atractophorus, Centrophoroides, Centroscyllium, Centrosqualus, Dalatiinae, Entoxychirus, Lepidorhinus, Machephilus, Microetmopterus, Nasisqualus, Paracentroscyllium, Protocentrophorus, Protosqualus, Scymnodon, Spinax, Squalinae, Squalus, Zameus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1 collection)
• Paleocene of New Zealand (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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