Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Somniosidae
Invalid subtaxa: Palaeomicroides Thies and Müller 1993 [replaced name], Paraphorosoides Kriwet et al. 2006
Parent taxon: Somniosidae according to I. Feichtinger et al. 2024
See also Feichtinger et al. 2022, Feichtinger et al. 2022, Kriwet et al. 2006, Sepkoski 2002 and Thies and Müller 1993
Sister taxa: Centroscymnus, Centroselachus, Cretascymnus, Heteroscymnus, Laemargus, Leiodon, Rhinoscymnus, Scymnodalatias, Somniosus
Subtaxa: Protoxynotus mayrmelnhofi Protoxynotus misburgensis
Type: Protoxynotus misburgensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (5 collections), Germany (4), Lebanon (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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