Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Alternative combination: Chiloscyllium fossile
Synonym: Physodon ficheuri Joleaud 1912
Belongs to Scyliorhinus according to S. Schneider et al. 2009
See also Antunes et al. 1981, Halter 1995 and Villafaña et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Scyliorhinus alaformis, Scyliorhinus antiquus, Scyliorhinus arambourgi, Scyliorhinus arlingtonensis, Scyliorhinus biddlei, Scyliorhinus biformis, Scyliorhinus bloti, Scyliorhinus brumarivulensis, Scyliorhinus cabindensis, Scyliorhinus coupatezi, Scyliorhinus distans, Scyliorhinus dubius, Scyliorhinus elongatus, Scyliorhinus entomodon, Scyliorhinus ivagrantae, Scyliorhinus joleaudi, Scyliorhinus luypaertsi, Scyliorhinus minutissimus, Scyliorhinus monsaugustus, Scyliorhinus muelleri, Scyliorhinus ptychtus, Scyliorhinus reyndersi, Scyliorhinus suelstorfensis, Scyliorhinus sulcidens, Scyliorhinus taylorensis, Scyliorhinus tensleepensis, Scyliorhinus trifolius, Scyliorhinus verloensis, Scyliorhinus weemsi, Scyliorhinus woodwardi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Germany (2 collections), Portugal (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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