Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes
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
Parent taxon: Orectolobiformes according to G. Guinot et al. 2014
See also Underwood and Ward 2004
Sister taxa: Akaimia, Annea, Archaeoscyllium, Crossorhinidae, Dorsetoscyllium, Galagadon, Garrigascyllium, Ginglymostomatidae, Heterophorcynus, Jurascyllium, Magistrauia, Mesiteia, Orectoloboidei, Palaeocarcharidae, Parahemiscyllium, Parascyllioidei, Parasquatina, Phorcynidae, Rhinocodontidae, Similiteroscyllium
Subtaxa: Ornatoscyllium freemani Ornatoscyllium glashoffi Ornatoscyllium pattersoni
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (2 collections)
• Jurassic of Luxembourg (1), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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