Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Full reference: H. Cappetta and D. J. Ward. 1977. A new Eocene shark from the London Clay of Essex. Palaeontology 20(1):195-202
Belongs to Megascyliorhinus according to R. A. Otero et al. 2013
See also Cappetta and Ward 1977 and Keyes 1984
Sister taxon: Megascyliorhinus miocaenicus
Type specimen: BMNH P. 57621, a tooth. Its type locality is Burnham on Crouch, which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Mangapanian of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of New Zealand (1)
• Pliocene of New Zealand (4)
• Miocene of New Zealand (9)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (3)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of Argentina (2), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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