Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
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 Scyliorhinus according to G. Guinot et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Scyliorhinus alaformis, Scyliorhinus antiquus, Scyliorhinus arlingtonensis, Scyliorhinus biauriculatus, Scyliorhinus biddlei, Scyliorhinus brumarivulensis, Scyliorhinus cabindensis, Scyliorhinus coupatezi, Scyliorhinus distans, Scyliorhinus dubius, Scyliorhinus elongatus, Scyliorhinus entomodon, Scyliorhinus fossilis, Scyliorhinus luypaertsi, Scyliorhinus minutissimus, Scyliorhinus muelleri, Scyliorhinus pattersoni, Scyliorhinus ptychtus, Scyliorhinus reyndersi, Scyliorhinus sulcidens, Scyliorhinus taylorensis, Scyliorhinus trifolius, Scyliorhinus weemsi, Scyliorhinus woodwardi
Type specimen: University of Montpellier MAO2-29, a tooth. Its type locality is Mont-Août, upper horizon (MAO2), which is in a Campanian carbonate chalk in France.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Mont-Août, upper horizon (MAO2)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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