Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Squalidae
Full reference: S. Bogan, F. L. Agnolin, and F. E. Novas. 2016. New selachian records from the Upper Cretaceous of southern Patagonia: paleobiogeographical implications and the description of a new taxon. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(3):e1105235:1-9
Belongs to Protosqualus according to S. Bogan et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Protosqualus barringtonensis, Protosqualus glickmani, Protosqualus pachyrhiza, Protosqualus sigei
Type specimen: MPM 10023, a tooth (anterolateral tooth). Its type locality is El Calafate airport, which is in a Maastrichtian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone/conglomerate in the Calafate Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at El Calafate airport
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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