Plicatopristis strougoi Cappetta 1991 (elasmobranch)

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

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