Euselachii - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Alternative combination: Scyllium dubium
Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) Part 1. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) 1:1-613
Belongs to Scyliorhinus according to G. Guinot et al. 2013
See also Cappetta 1977, Herman 1977, Müller and Diedrich 1991, Underwood and Mitchell 1999 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Scyliorhinus alaformis, Scyliorhinus antiquus, Scyliorhinus arambourgi, Scyliorhinus arlingtonensis, Scyliorhinus biddlei, Scyliorhinus bloti, Scyliorhinus brumarivulensis, Scyliorhinus cabindensis, Scyliorhinus casieri, Scyliorhinus coupatezi, Scyliorhinus distans, Scyliorhinus elongatus, Scyliorhinus entomodon, Scyliorhinus fossilis, Scyliorhinus ivagrantae, Scyliorhinus joleaudi, Scyliorhinus luypaertsi, Scyliorhinus minutissimus, Scyliorhinus monsaugustus, Scyliorhinus muelleri, Scyliorhinus ptychtus, Scyliorhinus reyndersi, Scyliorhinus sulcidens, Scyliorhinus taylorensis, Scyliorhinus tensleepensis, Scyliorhinus trifolius, Scyliorhinus verloensis, Scyliorhinus weemsi, Scyliorhinus woodwardi
Type specimen: BMNH 47288, a set of teeth
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection), the United Kingdom (4)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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