Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Full reference: D. J. Cicimurri, J. L. Knight, and J. A. Ebersole. 2022. Early Oligocene (Rupelian) fishes (Chondrichthyes, Osteichthyes) from the Ashley Formation (Cooper Group) of South Carolina, USA. Paleobios 39

Belongs to Scyliorhinus according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Scyliorhinus alaformis, Scyliorhinus antiquus, Scyliorhinus arambourgi, Scyliorhinus arlingtonensis, Scyliorhinus biddlei, Scyliorhinus biformis, Scyliorhinus bloti, Scyliorhinus brumarivulensis, Scyliorhinus cabindensis, Scyliorhinus coupatezi, Scyliorhinus distans, Scyliorhinus dubius, Scyliorhinus elongatus, Scyliorhinus entomodon, Scyliorhinus fossilis, Scyliorhinus ivagrantae, Scyliorhinus joleaudi, Scyliorhinus kasenoi, Scyliorhinus luypaertsi, Scyliorhinus minutissimus, Scyliorhinus monsaugustus, Scyliorhinus muelleri, Scyliorhinus ptychtus, Scyliorhinus reyndersi, Scyliorhinus suelstorfensis, Scyliorhinus sulcidens, Scyliorhinus taylorensis, Scyliorhinus tensleepensis, Scyliorhinus trifolius, Scyliorhinus verloensis, Scyliorhinus woodwardi

Type specimen: SC2015.29.7 (F, a set of teeth. Its type locality is Dorchester Creek (Ashley Formation), which is in a Rupelian marine horizon in the Ashley Formation of South Carolina.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dorchester Creek (Ashley Formation)

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