†family Florenceodontidae Cappetta et al. 2019 (ground shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Florenceodontidae

Full reference: H. Cappetta, K. Morrison, and S. Adnet. 2019. A shark fauna from the Campanian of Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada: an insight into the diversity of Cretaceous deep-water assemblages. Historical Biology 33:1121-1182

Parent taxon: Carcharhiniformes according to H. Cappetta et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Carcharhinidae, Corysodon, Galeocerdidae, Galeocerdonidae, Hemigaleidae, Leptochariidae, Platyrhizodon, Proscylliidae, Pseudoscyliorhinidae, Pseudotriakidae, Pterolamiops, Scyliorhinidae, Sphyrnidae, Triakidae

Subtaxa: Florenceodon

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Type: Florenceodon

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (2: British Columbia collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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