Squaliomicrus sanadaensis Suzuki 2015 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Dalatiidae

Full reference: H. Suzuki. 2015. A new genus of the Family Dalatiidae (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii) from the Miocene of Japan. Journal of Fossil Research 47:41-47

Belongs to Squaliomicrus according to H. Suzuki 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SFMCV-0360, a tooth. Its type locality is Kangawa River 1 (lower Iseyama Formation), which is in a Langhian submarine fan mudstone in the Iseyama Formation of Japan.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kangawa River 1 (lower Iseyama Formation)

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