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 frequens, Chiloscyllium greeni, Chiloscyllium meraense, Chiloscyllium mereretiae, Chiloscyllium missouriense, Chiloscyllium missouriensis, Chiloscyllium salvani
Type specimen: University of Montpellier JUH1-17, a tooth. Its type locality is Justine-Herbigny (JUH), which is in a Turonian carbonate chalk in France.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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