Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Squalidae
Full reference: C. J. Underwood and S. F. Mitchell. 1999. Albian and Cenomanian selachian assemblages from north-east England. Special Papers in Palaeontology 60:9-59
Belongs to Protosqualus according to C. J. Underwood and S. F. Mitchell 1999
Sister taxa: Protosqualus argentinensis, Protosqualus barringtonensis, Protosqualus glickmani, Protosqualus sigei
Type specimen: LIVCM 1998.20.S, a tooth. Its type locality is Sample 6a, South Ferriby, which is in an Albian offshore marl in the Hunstanton Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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