Protoscyliorhinus bettrechiensis Herman 1977 (cat shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Full reference: J. Herman. 1977. Les sélaciens des terrains néocrétacés and paléocènes de Belgique and des contrées limitrophes. Eléments d'une biostratigraphie intercontinentale. Mémoires pour Servir a l'Explication des Cartes Géologiques et Minières de la Belgique 15:1-450

Belongs to Protoscyliorhinus according to G. Guinot et al. 2013

See also Herman 1977

Sister taxon: Protoscyliorhinus lamaudi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Railway station quarry, Bettrechies (Marnes à Terebratulina rigida), which is in a Turonian carbonate marl in France

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (2 collections), Lithuania (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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