Parascyllium Gill 1861 (cat shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Parent taxon: Scylliorhinidae according to D. S. Jordan 1963

Sister taxa: Apristurus, Cadiera, Casieria, Cephaloscyllium, Crassescyliorhinus, Cretascyliorhinus, Foumtizia, Haploblepharus, Megascyliorhininae, Microscyliorhinus, Palaeoscyllium, Paramaturus, Parasymbolus, Pentanchinae, Platyrhizoscyllium, Porodermoides, Premontreinae, Prohaploblepharus, Proscyllium, Protoscyliorhinus, Pseudotriacis, Pteroscylliinae, Pteroscyllium, Scyliorhininae, Scyliorhinotheca, Scyliorhinus, Scylliodus, Scyllium, Sigmoscyllium, Thiesus, Thyellina

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (1 collection)

• Paleocene of Sweden (1)

• Cretaceous of Sweden (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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