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Family Oxynotidae (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Oxynotidae

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

See also Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Centrophoridae, Centropterus, Dalatiidae, Dalatioidea, Eoscymnidae, Etmopteridae, Fredipristis, Paraechinorhinus, Somniosidae, Squalidae, Squalogaleus

Subtaxa: Oxynotus

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Type: Oxynotus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at 27 E 150, Kallo locks (Pliocene of Belgium)

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