Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Full reference: T. Reinecke. 2014. Two new scyliorhinid shark species (Elasmobranchii, Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae), from the Sülstorf Beds (Chattian, Late Oligocene) of the southeastern North Sea Basin, northern Germany. Palaeovertebrata 38(1-e1):1-8
Belongs to Scyliorhinus according to J. Pollerspöck and N. Straube 2017
See also Reinecke 2014
Sister taxa: Scyliorhinus alaformis, Scyliorhinus antiquus, Scyliorhinus arambourgi, Scyliorhinus arlingtonensis, Scyliorhinus biddlei, 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 weemsi, Scyliorhinus woodwardi
Type specimen: SMF P 9804, a tooth. Its type locality is Thomas Beton sandpit, Kobrow, which is in a Chattian coastal sandstone in the Sternberg Formation of Germany.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Germany (3 collections)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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