Parasquatina justinensis Guinot et al. 2012 (carpet shark)

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes

Full reference: G. Guinot, C. J. Underwood, H. Cappetta and D. J. Ward. 2012. Squatiniformes (Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii) from the Late Cretaceous of southern England and northern France with redescription of the holotype of Squatina cranei Woodward, 1888. Palaeontology 55:529-551

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

Sister taxa: Parasquatina cappettai, Parasquatina jarvisi, Parasquatina zitteli

Type specimen: University of Montpellier JUH1-4, a tooth. Its type locality is Justine-Herbigny (JUH), which is in a Turonian carbonate chalk in France.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Justine-Herbigny (JUH)

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