Chondrichthyes - Sclerorhynchiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Full reference: E. Casier. 1964. Contributions à l'étude des poissons fossiles de la Belgique. XIII. Présence de Ganopristinés dans la Glauconie de Lonzée et le Tuffeau de Maestricht. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 40(11):1-25
Belongs to Ankistrorhynchus according to J. Herman 1977
See also Cappetta 1987, Casier 1964 and Suárez and Cappetta 2004
Sister taxa: Ankistrorhynchus washakiensis, Ankystrorhynchus major
Type specimen: Its type locality is Lonzée (argile supérieure, IRSNB collection), which is in a Santonian marine claystone in the Glauconie de Lonzée Formation of Belgium
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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