Pteroscyllium nolfi Müller and Diedrich 1991 (cat shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

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 Pteroscyllium according to G. Guinot et al. 2013

See also Müller and Diedrich 1991

Sister taxa: Pteroscyllium hermani, Pteroscyllium lamranii, Pteroscyllium ornatum, Pteroscyllium signeuxi, Pteroscyllium speetonensis

Type specimen: Nr. 12 494. Its type locality is Ascheloh, which is in a Cenomanian marine limestone in Germany.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Germany (2 collections), the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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