Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Full reference: C. J. Underwood and D. J. Ward. 2008. Sharks of the order Carcharhiniformes from the British Coniacian, Santonian and Campanian (Upper Cretaceous). Palaeontology 51:509-536
Belongs to Scyliorhinus according to C. J. Underwood and D. J. Ward 2008
Sister taxa: Scyliorhinus alaformis, Scyliorhinus antiquus, Scyliorhinus arlingtonensis, Scyliorhinus biauriculatus, Scyliorhinus biddlei, Scyliorhinus cabindensis, Scyliorhinus coupatezi, Scyliorhinus distans, Scyliorhinus dubius, Scyliorhinus elongatus, Scyliorhinus entomodon, Scyliorhinus fossilis, Scyliorhinus luypaertsi, Scyliorhinus minutissimus, Scyliorhinus monsaugustus, Scyliorhinus muelleri, Scyliorhinus pattersoni, Scyliorhinus ptychtus, Scyliorhinus reyndersi, Scyliorhinus sulcidens, Scyliorhinus taylorensis, Scyliorhinus trifolius, Scyliorhinus weemsi, Scyliorhinus woodwardi
Type specimen: BMNH P.66378, a tooth. Its type locality is Overgrown quarry NNW of Boxford, which is in a Santonian carbonate chalk in the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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