Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Somniosidae
Full reference: J. Pollerspöck, C. K. Flammensbeck, and N. Straube. 2018. Palaeocentroscymnus (Chondrichthyes: Somniosidae), a new sleeper shark genus from Miocene deposits of Austria (Europe). PalZ 92:443-456
Parent taxon: Somniosidae according to I. Feichtinger et al. 2025
See also Pollerspöck et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Centroscymnus, Centroselachus, Cretascymnus, Protoxynotus, Rhinoscymnus, Scymnodalatias, Scymnodon, Somniosus, Zameus
Subtaxa: Palaeocentroscymnus bavaricus Palaeocentroscymnus horvathi
Type: Paraetmopterus horvathi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Austria (2 collections), Slovakia (5), Spain (1)
• Cretaceous of Germany (4)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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