Chondrichthyes - Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Full reference: C. J. Underwood. 2002. Sharks, rays and a chimaeroid from the Kimmeridgian (Late Jurassic) of Ringstead, Southern England. Palaeontology 45(2):297-325
Belongs to Squatina according to C. J. Underwood 2002
Sister taxa: Squatina (Cretascyllium), Squatina (Squatina), Squatina angeloides, Squatina baumbergensis, Squatina biforis, Squatina crassa, Squatina crassidens, Squatina dumeril, Squatina gippslandicus, Squatina hassei, Squatina lerichei, Squatina mulleri, Squatina occidentalis, Squatina prima, Squatina speciosa, Squatina squatina
Type specimen: P65698, a tooth. Its type locality is Ringstead Bay, Weymouth, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian marine horizon in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Ringstead Bay, Weymouth
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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