Ornatoscyllium pattersoni Thies 1983 (carpet shark)

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes

Alternative combination: Orectoloboides pattersoni

Full reference: D. Thies. 1983. Jurazeitliche Neoselachier aus Deutschland und S-England (Jurassic neoselachians from German and S-England). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 58:1-116

Belongs to Ornatoscyllium according to G. Guinot et al. 2014

See also Underwood and Ward 2004

Sister taxa: Ornatoscyllium freemani, Ornatoscyllium glashoffi, Ornatoscyllium rugasimulatum

Type specimen: SMF 7145, a tooth

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Rookery Pit, London Brick Company, Stewartby (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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