Pseudoapristurus Pollerspöck and Straube 2017 (cat shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Full reference: J. Pollerspöck and N. Straube. 2017. A new deep-sea elasmobranch fauna from the Central Paratethys (Neuhofener Beds, Mitterdorf, near Passau, Germany, Early Miocene, Middle Burdigalian). Zitteliana A 90:27-53

Parent taxon: Pentanchidae according to J. Pollerspöck and N. Straube 2017

Sister taxa: Bythaelurus, Caninoa, Caninotus, Pentanchus, Thalassoklephtes

Subtaxa: Pseudoapristurus nonstriatus

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Type: Pseudoapristurus nonstriatus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Germany (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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