Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Full reference: G. Guinot, C. J. Underwood, H. Cappetta and D. J. Ward. 2013. Sharks (Elasmobranchii: Euselachii) from the Late Cretaceous of France and the UK. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11:589-671
Parent taxon: Scyliorhinidae according to G. Guinot et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Apristurus, Bythaelurus, Cadiera, Casieria, Crassescyliorhinus, Cretascyliorhinus, Foumtizia, Haploblepharus, Megascyliorhininae, Megascyliorhinus, Microscyliorhinus, Palaeoscyllium, Paramaturus, Parascyllium, Parasymbolus, Platyrhizoscyllium, Porodermoides, Premontreinae, Prohaploblepharus, Proscyllium, Protoscyliorhinus, Pseudotriacis, Pteroscylliinae, Pteroscyllium, Scyliorhininae, Scyliorhinotheca, Scyliorhinus, Scylliodus, Scyllium, Thiesus, Thyellina
Subtaxa: Sigmoscyllium acuspidatum Sigmoscyllium striatum
Type: Palaeoscyllium striatum
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (7)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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