Squaliolus Smith and Radcliffe 1912 (elasmobranch)
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Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Dalatiidae
Parent taxon: Dalatiidae according to N. Straube et al. 2015
See also Cahuzac et al. 2007, Jordan 1963, Sepkoski 2002 and Underwood and Schlogl 2013
Sister taxa: Acrosqualiolus, Angoumeius, Dalatias, Eosqualiolus, Euprotomicroides, Euprotomicrus, Hessinodon, Isistius, Oligodalatias, Squaliodalatias, Squaliomicrus
Subtaxa: Squaliolus gasconensis Squaliolus laticaudus Squaliolus schaubi
Type: Squaliolus laticaudus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (11 collections), Jamaica (1), Slovakia (7), Spain (1)
• Eocene of Barbados (5), France (6)
Total: 31 collections including 37 occurrences
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