Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Squalidae
Full reference: G. Guinot, C. J. Underwood, H. Cappetta and D. J. Ward. 2013. Sharks (Elasmobranchii: Euselachii) from the Late Cretaceous of France and the UK. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11:589-671
Belongs to Protosqualus according to G. Guinot et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Protosqualus argentinensis, Protosqualus glickmani, Protosqualus pachyrhiza, Protosqualus sigei
Type specimen: NHMUK P.67000, a tooth. Its type locality is Barrington Channel, which is in a Cenomanian carbonate chalk in 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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