Squatirhina draytoni Guinot et al. 2012 (ray)

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes

Full reference: G. Guinot, H. Cappetta, C. J. Underwood and D. J. Ward. 2012. Batoids (Elasmobranchii: Batomorphii) from the British and French Late Cretaceous. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10:445-474

Belongs to Squatirhina according to G. Guinot et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Squatirhina kannensis, Squatirhina lonzeensis, Squatirhina thiesi, Squatirhina westfalica

Type specimen: NHMUK P.66957, a tooth. Its type locality is Barrington Channel, which is in a Cenomanian carbonate chalk in the United Kingdom.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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