Scymnodon
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| Scymnodon Fossil range: Late Oligocene to Present[1] |
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 Knifetooth dogfish, Scymnodon ringens
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Scymnodon is a genus of squaliform sharks in the family Dalatiidae.
[edit] Species
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- Japanese velvet dogfish, Scymnodon ichiharai (Yano & Tanaka, 1984)
- Smallmouth velvet dogfish, Scymnodon obscurus (Vaillant, 1888)
- Knifetooth dogfish, Scymnodon ringens (Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864)
- Velvet dogfish, Scymnodon squamulosus (Günther, 1877)
[edit] References
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560.
- "Scymnodon". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
