Cretascyliorhinus Underwood and Mitchell 1999 (cat shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Full reference: C. J. Underwood and S. F. Mitchell. 1999. Albian and Cenomanian selachian assemblages from north-east England. Special Papers in Palaeontology 60:9-59

Parent taxon: Scyliorhinidae according to G. Guinot et al. 2013

See also Underwood and Mitchell 1999 and Underwood and Ward 2008

Sister taxa: Apristurus, Bythaelurus, Cadiera, Casieria, Crassescyliorhinus, Foumtizia, Haploblepharus, Megascyliorhininae, Megascyliorhinus, Microscyliorhinus, Palaeoscyllium, Paramaturus, Parascyllium, Parasymbolus, Platyrhizoscyllium, Porodermoides, Premontreinae, Prohaploblepharus, Proscyllium, Protoscyliorhinus, Pseudotriacis, Pteroscylliinae, Pteroscyllium, Scyliorhininae, Scyliorhinotheca, Scyliorhinus, Scylliodus, Scyllium, Sigmoscyllium, Thiesus, Thyellina

Subtaxa: Cretascyliorhinus destombesi

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (3 collections), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (22)

Total: 26 collections including 27 occurrences

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