Cederstroemia Siverson 1995 (wobbegong)

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae

Full reference: M. Siverson. 1995. Revision of Cretorectolobus (Neoselachii) and description of Cederstroemia n. gen., a Cretaceous carpet shark (Orectolobiformes) with a cutting dentition. Journal of Paleontology 69:974-979

Parent taxon: Orectolobidae according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2022

See also Bourdon et al. 2011, Guinot et al. 2013, Sepkoski 2002, Siverson 1995 and Underwood et al. 1999

Sister taxa: Cirriscyllium, Cretorectolobus, Eometlaouia, Eucrossorhinus, Gryphodobatis, Heteroscyllium, Microdontaspis, Nebriinae, Orectoloboides, Orectolobus, Restesia, Squatiscyllium, Synchismus

Subtaxa: Cederstroemia havreensis Cederstroemia nilsi Cederstroemia siverssoni Cederstroemia triangulata Cederstroemia ziaensis

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Type: Cederstroemia triangulata

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (6 collections), Japan (1), the Russian Federation (2), Sweden (1), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (6), United States (3: Montana, New Mexico)

Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence

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