Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Full reference: H. Cappetta. 1980. Modification du statut générique de quelques espèces de sélaciens crétacés et tertiaires. Palaeovertebrata 10:29-42
Parent taxon: Orectolobidae according to A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta 1997
See also Cappetta 1980, Sepkoski 2002 and Tabuce et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Cederstroemia, Cirriscyllium, Cretorectolobus, Eometlaouia, Eucrossorhinus, Gryphodobatis, Heteroscyllium, Microdontaspis, Nebriinae, Orectoloboides, Orectolobus, Restesia, Synchismus
Subtaxa: Squatiscyllium casieri Squatiscyllium nigeriensis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Morocco (3 collections), Senegal (1), United States (1: Alabama)
• Paleocene of Niger (1)
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Montana)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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