Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Squalidae
Alternative combination: Acanthias alsaticus
Belongs to Squalus according to S. Everaert et al. 2019
See also Baut and Génault 1999, Cappetta et al. 2016 and Steurbaut and Herman 1978
Sister taxa: Squalus acanthias, Squalus argentinensis, Squalus ballingsloevensis, Squalus balsvikensis, Squalus blainvillei, Squalus chiconis, Squalus crenatidens, Squalus gabrielsoni, Squalus huntensis, Squalus megalops, Squalus minor, Squalus nicholsae, Squalus occidentalis, Squalus perlo, Squalus smithi, Squalus sorrakowah, Squalus stehlini, Squalus suckleyi, Squalus vondermarcki, Squalus weltoni, Squalus woodburnei, Squalus worlandensis, Acanthias depauwi, Biforisodus, Acanthias geelongensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Belgium (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Belgium (55), Czechia (2), France (1), Germany (3), the Netherlands (1)
• Eocene of Ukraine (1)
Total: 64 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.