Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Alternative combination: Chiloscyllium fossile
Synonyms: Physodon ficheuri Joleaud 1912, Scyliorhinus joleaudi Cappetta 1970
Belongs to Scyliorhinus according to S. Schneider et al. 2009
See also Halter 1995 and Villafaña et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Scyliorhinus alaformis, Scyliorhinus antiquus, Scyliorhinus arlingtonensis, Scyliorhinus biauriculatus, Scyliorhinus biddlei, Scyliorhinus brumarivulensis, Scyliorhinus cabindensis, Scyliorhinus coupatezi, Scyliorhinus distans, Scyliorhinus dubius, Scyliorhinus elongatus, Scyliorhinus entomodon, Scyliorhinus luypaertsi, Scyliorhinus minutissimus, Scyliorhinus monsaugustus, Scyliorhinus muelleri, Scyliorhinus pattersoni, Scyliorhinus ptychtus, Scyliorhinus reyndersi, Scyliorhinus sulcidens, Scyliorhinus taylorensis, Scyliorhinus trifolius, Scyliorhinus weemsi, Scyliorhinus woodwardi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• MN 13 of Portugal (2 collections)
• Miocene of Germany (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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