Scyliorhinotheca

{{Short description|Extinct genus of sharks}} {{Speciesbox | fossil_range = {{fossil range|Late Eocene}} | image = | image_caption = | genus = Scyliorhinotheca | parent_authority = Kiel, Peckmann & Simon, 2012 | species = goederti | authority = 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'''''.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Steffen Kiel, Jörn Peckmann and Klaus Simon |title=Catshark egg capsules from a Late Eocene deep-water methane-seep deposit in western Washington State, USA |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |year=2011 |volume=in press |url=http://app.pan.pl/article/item/app20110077.html |doi=10.4202/app.2011.0077|doi-access=free }}</ref>

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Category:Eocene sharks Category:Scyliorhinidae Category:Fossils of the United States Category:Fossil taxa described in 2012

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