Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Full reference: C. J. Underwood and D. J. Ward. 2004. Neoselachian sharks and rays from the British Bathonian (Middle Jurassic). Palaeontology 47(3):447-501
Belongs to Palaeobrachaelurus according to D. Delsate and R. Felten 2015
See also Underwood and Ward 2004
Sister taxa: Palaeobrachaelurus alisonae, Palaeobrachaelurus aperizostus, Palaeobrachaelurus bedfordensis, Palaeobrachaelurus mitchelli
Type specimen: BMNH P. 66081, a set of teeth. Its type locality is Watton Cliff, Dorset, oyster-belemnite bed [Frome Clay Fm], which is in a Bathonian marine claystone in the Frome Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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