Cretorectolobus robustus Underwood and Cumbaa 2010 (wobbegong)

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae

Full reference: C. J. Underwood and S. L. Cumbaa. 2010. Chondrichthyans from a Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) bonebed, Saskatchewan, Canada. Palaeontology 53:903-944

Belongs to Cretorectolobus according to C. J. Underwood and S. L. Cumbaa 2010

Sister taxa: Cretorectolobus doylei, Cretorectolobus gracilis, Cretorectolobus olsoni

Type specimen: RSM P2989.188, a tooth. Its type locality is Bainbridge River Bonebed, which is in a Cenomanian coastal mudstone in the Ashville Formation of Canada.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bainbridge River Bonebed

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