Chiloscyllium frequens Guinot et al. 2013 (carpet shark)

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae

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 Chiloscyllium according to G. Guinot et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Chiloscyllium broennimanni, Chiloscyllium greeni, Chiloscyllium meraense, Chiloscyllium mereretiae, Chiloscyllium missouriense, Chiloscyllium missouriensis, Chiloscyllium salvani, Chiloscyllium vulloi

Type specimen: NHMUK P.67021, a tooth. Its type locality is Culver, which is in a Campanian carbonate chalk in the Newhaven Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (7 collections), the United Kingdom (7)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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