Scyliorhinotheca

Scyliorhinotheca
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Division: Selachii
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Scyliorhinidae
Genus: †
Kiel, Peckmann & Simon, 2012
Species:
†S. goederti
Binomial name
†Scyliorhinotheca goederti
Kiel, Peckmann & Simon, 2012

Scyliorhinotheca is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish first described in 2012 from the state of Washington. It contains only one species, Scyliorhinotheca goederti.[1]

References

  1. ^ Steffen Kiel, Jörn Peckmann and Klaus Simon (2011). "Catshark egg capsules from a Late Eocene deep-water methane-seep deposit in western Washington State, USA". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. in press. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0077.


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