Pteroscyllium ornatum Underwood and Mitchell 1999 (cat shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

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 Pteroscyllium according to C. J. Underwood and S. F. Mitchell 1999

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

Type specimen: LIVCM 1998.20.BL, a tooth. Its type locality is Sample WC1, Speeton, which is in an Albian offshore marl in the Hunstanton Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (9 collections)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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