†Jurascyllium magnum Underwood and Ward 2004
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Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes
Alternative combination: Protospinax magnus
Synonym: Protospinax bilobatus Underwood and Ward 2004
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 Jurascyllium according to A. Begat et al. 2025
See also Delsate and Felten 2015, Delsate and Weis 2010 and Underwood and Ward 2004
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Jurascyllium magnum: BMNH P66116, a set of teeth.
- Protospinax bilobatus: BMNH P. 66124, 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.
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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