Zameus Jordan and Fowler 1903 (sleeper shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Somniosidae
Parent taxon: Somniosidae according to N. Straube et al. 2015
See also Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Centroscymnus, Centroselachus, Cretascymnus, Palaeocentroscymnus, Protoxynotus, Rhinoscymnus, Scymnodalatias, Scymnodon, Somniosus
Subtaxa: Zameus squamulosus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Miocene of Jamaica (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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