Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Squalidae
Full reference: F. Chapman and G. B. Pritchard. 1904. Fossil fish remains from the Tertiaries of Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 17:267-297
Belongs to Acanthias according to F. Chapman and F. A. Cudmore 1924
See also Chapman and Pritchard 1904
Sister taxa: Squalus acanthias, Squalus alsaticus, Squalus argentinensis, Squalus ballingsloevensis, Squalus balsvikensis, Squalus blainvillei, Squalus chiconis, Squalus crenatidens, Squalus gabrielsoni, Squalus huntensis, Squalus megalops, Squalus minor, Squalus nicholsae, Squalus perlo, Squalus philippi, Squalus smithi, Squalus sorrakowah, Squalus stehlini, Squalus suckleyi, Squalus vondermarcki, Squalus weltoni, Squalus woodburnei, Squalus worlandensis, Biforisodus, Acanthias depauwi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Orphanage Hill, which is in a Langhian marine horizon in Australia
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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