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: Centrophoroides, Centrosqualus, Cirrhigaleus, Microetmopterus, Paracentroscyllium, Protocentrophorus, Protosqualus, Spinax, Squalinae, Squalus
Subtaxa: Megasqualus occidentalis Megasqualus orpiensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (4 collections), United States (2: California, Washington)
• Oligocene of Germany (1), United States (1: California)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Paleocene to Eocene of France (2)
• Paleocene of Belgium (4), France (8), New Zealand (2)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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