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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