†Orectolobus ziegenhinei Cappetta and Case 2016 (wobbegong)
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Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Full reference: H. Cappetta and G. R. Case. 2016. A selachian fauna from the middle Eocene (Lutetian, Lisbon Formation) of Andalusia, Covington County, Alabama, USA. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 307:43-103
Belongs to Orectolobus according to H. Cappetta and G. R. Case 2016
See also Ebersole et al. 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UM-THT 2, a tooth
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Alabama collections)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences
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