Rhinoscymnus Gill 1864 (sleeper shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Somniosidae
Synonym: Heteroscymnus Tanaka 1912
Parent taxon: Somniosidae according to H. Cappetta et al. 2019
See also Jordan 1963 and Welton and Goedert 2016
Sister taxa: Centroscymnus, Centroselachus, Cretascymnus, Palaeocentroscymnus, Protoxynotus, Scymnodalatias, Scymnodon, Somniosus, Zameus
Subtaxa: Rhinoscymnus clarki Rhinoscymnus viridiadamas
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: Washington collection)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: British Columbia)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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