Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Full reference: J. Herman. 1977. Les sélaciens des terrains néocrétacés and paléocènes de Belgique and des contrées limitrophes. Eléments d'une biostratigraphie intercontinentale. Mémoires pour Servir a l'Explication des Cartes Géologiques et Minières de la Belgique 15:1-450
Parent taxon: Pseudoscapanorhynchidae according to G. Guinot et al. 2013
See also Herman 1979 and Müller and Diedrich 1991
Sister taxa: Cretodus, Lilamna, Protolamna
Subtaxa: Pseudoscapanorhynchus compressidens
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (3 collections), France (10), Germany (2), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Ukraine (4), the United Kingdom (4), United States (3: South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 28 collections including 29 occurrences
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