Chondrichthyes - Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Alternative spelling: Cretascyllium
Full reference: A. Müller and C. Diedrich. 1991. Selachier (Pisces, Chondrichthyes) aus dem Cenomanium von Ascheloh am Teutoburger Wald (Nordrhein-Westfalen, NW-Deutschland). Geologie und Paläontologie in Westfalen 20:1-105
Parent taxon: Squatina according to T. J. Batchelor and C. J. Duffin 2023
See also Guinot et al. 2012, Müller and Diedrich 1991 and Underwood et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Squatina (Squatina), Squatina angeloides, Squatina baumbergensis, Squatina beyrichi, Squatina biforis, Squatina californica, Squatina crassa, Squatina crassidens, Squatina dumeril, Squatina frequens, Squatina gippslandicus, Squatina lerichei, Squatina muelleri, Squatina occidentalis, Squatina prima, Squatina rupeliensis, Squatina speciosa, Squatina squatina, Squatina subserrata
Subtaxa: Squatina (Cretascyllium) cranei Squatina (Cretascyllium) hassei
Type: Cretascyllium expansum
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (10 collections), Canada (2: Alberta), France (16), Germany (2), Israel (1), Kazakhstan (1), Lithuania (5), the Netherlands (1), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (4), the United Kingdom (50), United States (31: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota)
Total: 126 collections including 129 occurrences