†Plicatopristis strougoi Cappetta 1991 (elasmobranch)
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Chondrichthyes - Sclerorhynchiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Full reference: H. Cappetta. 1991. Découverte de nouvelles faunes de sélaciens (Neoselachii) dans les phosphates maastrichtiens de la Mer Rouge, Egypte. Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen Reihe A, Geologie und Paläontologie 19:17-56
Belongs to Plicatopristis according to H. Cappetta 1991
See also Suárez and Cappetta 2004
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mine A, Hamrawein, which is in a Maastrichtian marine phosphorite in Egypt
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Egypt (3 collections), Syria (2)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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