Scymnodon Bocage and Capello 1864 (sleeper shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Somniosidae
Parent taxon: Somniosidae according to N. Straube et al. 2015
See also Jordan 1963 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Centroscymnus, Centroselachus, Cretascymnus, Palaeocentroscymnus, Protoxynotus, Rhinoscymnus, Scymnodalatias, Somniosus, Zameus
Subtaxa: Scymnodon ringens
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (3 collections), United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of Italy (3)
• Miocene of France (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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