Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Full reference: G. R. Case, D. R. Schwimmer, P. D. Borodin and J. J. Leggett. 2001. A new selachian fauna from the Eutaw Formation (Upper Cretaceous/Early to Middle Santonian) of Chattahoochee County, Georgia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 261:83-102
Belongs to Columbusia according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2014
See also Bourdon et al. 2011 and Case et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Columbusia deblieuxi, Columbusia roessingi
Type specimen: CSUK97-2-48, a tooth. Its type locality is Entrance to Fort Benning, Interstate Highway 185, which is in a Santonian/Santonian marine sandstone/mudstone in the Eutaw Formation of Georgia.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (3: Georgia, Mississippi, New Mexico collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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