Squaloraja tenuispina Woodward 1886 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Squalorajiformes - Squalorajidae

Belongs to Squaloraja according to A. S. Woodward 1891

Sister taxon: Squaloraja polyspondyla

Type specimen: BMNH P.2081 (rostral spine). Its type locality is Lyme Regis, Egerton collection, which is in a Sinemurian marine horizon in the United Kingdom.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lyme Regis, Egerton collection

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