Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes
Parent taxon: Orectolobiformes according to D. Delsate 2003
See also Cappetta 1975, Carnevale et al. 2014, Jaekel 1894, Jordan 1963, Müller and Diedrich 1991, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Akaimia, Annea, Archaeoscyllium, Crossorhinidae, Dorsetoscyllium, Galagadon, Garrigascyllium, Ginglymostomatidae, Heterophorcynus, Jurascyllium, Magistrauia, Orectoloboidei, Ornatoscyllium, Palaeocarcharidae, Parahemiscyllium, Parascyllioidei, Parasquatina, Phorcynidae, Rhinocodontidae, Similiteroscyllium
Subtaxa: Mesiteia daimeriesi Mesiteia emiliae Mesiteia humboldtii Mesiteia ypresiensis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (1 collection), Italy (1)
• Paleocene of Belgium (2)
• Cretaceous of France (1), Germany (1), Lebanon (1)
• Jurassic of Germany (2)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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