Squatina gippslandicus Chapman and Cudmore 1924 (angel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Squatiniformes - Squatinidae

Full reference: F. Chapman and F. A. Cudmore. 1924. New or little-known fossils in the National Museum, Part XXVII.-Some Cainozoic fish remains, with a revision of the group. Royal Society of Victoria 36(2):107-162

Belongs to Squatina according to F. Chapman and F. A. Cudmore 1924

Sister taxa: Squatina (Cretascyllium), Squatina (Squatina), Squatina angeloides, Squatina baumbergensis, Squatina biforis, Squatina californica, Squatina crassa, Squatina crassidens, Squatina dumeril, Squatina frequens, Squatina lerichei, Squatina muelleri, Squatina occidentalis, Squatina prima, Squatina speciosa, Squatina squatina, Squatina subserrata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Newmerella, which is in a Burdigalian open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Gippsland Limestone Formation of Australia

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Newmerella

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