Cantioscyllium brachyplicatum Kriwet et al. 2009 (nurse shark)

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae

Full reference: J. Kriwet, E. V. Nunn, and S. Klug. 2009. Neoselachians (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Lower and lower Upper Cretaceous of north-eastern Spain. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 155(2):316-347

Belongs to Cantioscyllium according to J. Kriwet et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Cantioscyllium alhaulfi, Cantioscyllium decipiens, Cantioscyllium meyeri

Type specimen: MPZ 2005-2, a tooth (anterior tooth)

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cantioscyllium brachyplicatum in the database

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