Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) Part 1. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) 1:1-613
Belongs to Cantioscyllium according to G. Guinot et al. 2013
See also Bourdon et al. 2011, Cappetta 1973, Cappetta and Case 1999, Herman 1977, Kriwet et al. 2009, Vullo et al. 2007 and Williamson et al. 1989
Sister taxa: Cantioscyllium alhaulfi, Cantioscyllium brachyplicatum, Cantioscyllium meyeri
Type specimen: BMNH P.5890, a partial skeleton
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (2 collections), the United Kingdom (1), United States (6: Kansas, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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