Scymnodon Fossil range: Late Oligocene to Present[1]
Knifetooth dogfish, Scymnodon ringens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Order:	Squaliformes
Family:	Dalatiidae
Genus:	Scymnodon Barbosa du Bocage & Brito Capello, 1864
Species
See text.

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Scymnodon is a genus of squaliform sharks in the family Dalatiidae.

[edit] Species

• • 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] See also

• List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish

[edit] References

1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=575&rank=class. Retrieved 2008-01-09. 

• Species of Scymnodon. FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.