Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Full reference: G. R. Case. 1978. A new selachian fauna from the Judith River Formation (Campanian) of Montana. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 160(Lfg. 1-6):176-205
Parent taxon: Orectolobidae according to J. W. Hoganson et al. 2019
See also Biddle 1993, Cappetta and Case 1999, Case 1978, Sepkoski 2002, Siverson 1995 and Underwood et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Cederstroemia, Cirriscyllium, Coelometlaouia, Columbusia, Eometlaouia, Eucrossorhinus, Gryphodobatis, Heteroscyllium, Nebriinae, Orectoloboides, Orectolobus, Restesia, Squatiscyllium, Synchismus
Subtaxa: Cretorectolobus doylei Cretorectolobus gracilis Cretorectolobus olsoni Cretorectolobus robustus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (6: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), Chile (1), France (2), Kazakhstan (1), Mexico (1), Sweden (2), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (11), United States (33: Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 58 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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