Centroscymnus sp.

Höltke, Olaf, Salvador, Rodrigo B. & Rasser, Michael W., 2023, Trophic relationships in the Early Miocene Upper Marine Molasse of Baden-Württemberg, Southwest Germany, with special emphasis on the elasmobranch fauna, Palaeontologia Electronica (a 46) 26 (3), pp. 1-38 : 31

Centroscymnus sp.

Tooth type: Cutting-clutching.

Two extant species are known: C. coelolepis Barbosa Du Bocage and De Brito Capello, 1864 (128 and 3675 m deep) and C. owstoni Garman, 1906 (150 to 1459 m deep) (Ebert et al., 2021). Both species live on or near the bottom (Ebert et al., 2021) and have diets composed of bony fishes and cephalopods, resulting in a TL of 4.2 (Cortés, 1999).