Squatirhina lonzeensis Casier 1947 (ray)

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes

Full reference: E. Casier. 1947. Constitution et évolution de la racine dentaire des Euselachii. II. Étude comparative des types. Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 23(14):1-32

Belongs to Squatirhina according to G. Guinot et al. 2012

See also Cappetta 1987, Casier 1947 and Herman 1977

Sister taxa: Squatirhina draytoni, Squatirhina kannensis, Squatirhina thiesi, Squatirhina westfalica

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: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), France (11), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (5)

Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence

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