Centrophorus Müller and Henle 1837 (gulper shark)

Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Centrophoridae

Synonyms: Atractophorus Gilchrist 1922, Entoxychirus Gill 1863, Lepidorhinus Bonaparte 1838, Machephilus Johnson 1868

Parent taxon: Centrophoridae according to N. Straube et al. 2015

See also Adnet et al. 2008, Carillo-Briceño et al. 2014, Carrillo-Briceño et al. 2016, Compagno 1984, Jordan 1963, Keyes 1984, Kocsis 2007, Long 1992, Sepkoski 2002, Villafaña et al. 2020 and White et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Centrodeania, Deania

Subtaxa: Centrophorus granulosus Centrophorus squamosus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Italy (6 collections)

• Pliocene of Italy (2)

• Miocene of Austria (1), Colombia (1), Ecuador (2), France (8), Germany (1), Hungary (1), New Zealand (2), Panama (3)

• Waitakian of New Zealand (2)

• Eocene of Antarctica (2), Barbados (1), France (1), Jordan (1), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (1), United States (1: Oregon)

• Paleocene of New Zealand (4), United States (1: California)

• Cretaceous of New Zealand (1)

Total: 44 collections including 46 occurrences

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