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 Pteroscyllium according to C. J. Underwood and D. J. Ward 2008
Sister taxa: Pteroscyllium lamranii, Pteroscyllium nolfi, Pteroscyllium ornatum, Pteroscyllium signeuxi, Pteroscyllium speetonensis
Type specimen: BMNH P.66395, a tooth. Its type locality is Winterbourne, lower horizon, which is in a Santonian carbonate chalk in the Newhaven Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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