Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Squalidae
Alternative combination: Acanthias stehlini
Full reference: M. Leriche. 1938. Contribution à l'étude des Poissons fossiles des pays riverains de la Méditerranée américaine (Venezuela, Trinité, Antilles, Mexique). Mémoires de la Société Paléontologique Suisse 51:1-42
Belongs to Squalus according to E. Casier 1958
See also Leriche 1938
Sister taxa: Squalus acanthias, Squalus argentinensis, Squalus ballingsloevensis, Squalus balsvikensis, Squalus cinereus, Squalus crenatidens, Squalus gabrielsoni, Squalus huntensis, Squalus minor, Squalus nicholsae, Squalus perlo, Squalus serriculus, Squalus suckleyi, Squalus vondermarcki, Squalus weltoni, Squalus woodburnei, Acanthias crepini, Acanthias geelongensis, Acanthias depauwi, Biforisodus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at El Mene de Acosta (Oligocene of Venezuela)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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