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 J. Pollerspöck and B. Beaury 2014
See also 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)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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