†family Pseudoscyliorhinidae Stumpf et al. 2019 (ground shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Pseudoscyliorhinidae

Full reference: S. Stumpf, U. Scheer, and J. Kriwet. 2019. A new genus and species of extinct ground shark, †Diprosopovenator hilperti, gen. et sp. nov. (Carcharhiniformes, †Pseudoscyliorhinidae, fam. nov.), from the Upper Cretaceous of Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39(2):e1593185

Parent taxon: Carchariniformes according to S. Stumpf et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Carcharhinidae, Corysodon, Florenceodontidae, Galeocerdidae, Galeocerdonidae, Hemigaleidae, Leptochariidae, Platyrhizodon, Proscylliidae, Pseudotriakidae, Pterolamiops, Scyliorhinidae, Sphyrnidae, Triakidae

Subtaxa: Diprosopovenator Pseudoscyliorhinus

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Type: Pseudoscyliorhinus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Germany (2 collections), the United Kingdom (10)

Total: 12 collections including 14 occurrences

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