Cosmoselachus mehlingi Bronson et al. 2024 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Symmoriiformes - Falcatidae

Full reference: A. W. Bronson, A. Pradel, J. S. S. Denton and J. G. Maisey. 2024. A new operculate symmoriiform chondrichthyan from the Late Mississippian Fayetteville Shale (Arkansas, United States). Geodiversitas 46(4):101-117

Belongs to Cosmoselachus according to A. W. Bronson et al. 2024

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMNH FF 20509, a partial skeleton (Partial cranium, jaws, gill arches, partial pectoral girdle and fins, and lower teeth). Its type locality is Cove Creek (= ARC-08, coll. R.H. Mapes), which is in a Chesterian marine claystone/limestone in the Fayetteville Formation of Arkansas.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cove Creek (= ARC-08, coll. R.H. Mapes)

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