Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Alternative combinations: Leptostyrax compressidens, Protolamna compressidens
Synonym: Protolamna acuta Müller and Diedrich 1991
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
Belongs to Pseudoscapanorhynchus according to P. L. Jambura et al. 2024
See also Cappetta and Case 1999, Guinot et al. 2013, Hamm and Cicimurri 2011, Herman 1977, Herman 1979, Müller and Diedrich 1991, Sokolskyi and Guinot 2021 and Stewart and Martin 1993
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Pseudoscapanorhynchus compressidens: Its type locality is Cemetery quarry, Maisières, which is in a Coniacian carbonate limestone in the Maisières Formation of Belgium
- Protolamna acuta: Nr.12566. Its type locality is Ascheloh, which is in a Cenomanian marine limestone in Germany.
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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