Pseudospinax pusillus Müller and Diedrich 1991 (carpet shark)

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae

Full reference: A. Müller and C. Diedrich. 1991. Selachier (Pisces, Chondrichthyes) aus dem Cenomanium von Ascheloh am Teutoburger Wald (Nordrhein-Westfalen, NW-Deutschland). Geologie und Paläontologie in Westfalen 20:1-105

Belongs to Pseudospinax according to A. Müller and C. Diedrich 1991

Sister taxon: Pseudospinax heterodon

Type specimen: Nr.12605. Its type locality is Ascheloh, which is in a Cenomanian marine limestone in Germany.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ascheloh

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