Apristurus sereti Adnet 2006 (cat shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Full reference: S. Adnet. 2006. Nouvelle faunes de sélaciens (Elasmobranchii, Neoselachii) de l'Eocène moyen des Landes (Sud-Ouest, France). Implication dans la connaissance des communautés de sélaciens d'eau profondes. Palaeo Ichthyologica 10:1-128

Belongs to Apristurus according to S. Adnet 2006

See also Cahuzac et al. 2007

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ANG138, a tooth. Its type locality is Miretrain quarry, level 0, Angoumé, which is in a Lutetian slope marl in the Marnes de Miretrain Formation of France.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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