†Pachyscyllium Reinecke et al. 2005 (cat shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Parent taxon: Premontreinae according to B. M. Landau et al. 2025
See also Cicimurri et al. 2025, Cicimurri et al. 2022 and Reinecke and Radwanski 2015
Sister taxa: Premontreia, Stenoscyllium
Subtaxa: Pachyscyllium albigensis Pachyscyllium dachiardii Pachyscyllium distans
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Miocene of Belgium (1), Czechia (2), France (6), Germany (1), Poland (1), Portugal (5)
• Oligocene of Germany (1), United States (2: Mississippi, South Carolina)
Total: 20 collections including 24 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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