Zameus Jordan and Fowler 1903 (dogfish shark)

Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Squalidae

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

Sister taxa: Acanthidium, Acanthorhinus, Atractophorus, Centrophoroides, Centroscyllium, Centrosqualus, Dalatiinae, Entoxychirus, Lepidorhinus, Machephilus, Megasqualus, Microetmopterus, Nasisqualus, Paracentroscyllium, Protocentrophorus, Protosqualus, Scymnodon, Spinax, Squalinae, Squalus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sant’Andrea Bagni (Pliocene of Italy)

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