Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Full reference: C. Werner. 1989. Die Elasmobranchier-Fauna des Gebel Dist Member der Bahariya Formation (Obercenoman) der Oase Bahariya, Ägypten. Palaeo Ichthyologica 5:1-112
Belongs to Cretodus according to C. J. Underwood et al. 2011
See also Werner 1989
Sister taxa: Cretodus crassidens, Cretodus houghtonorum, Cretodus semiplicatus
Type specimen: TUB-SFB69-Vb-415, a tooth. Its type locality is El Tibnia, Bahariya Oasis, which is in a Cenomanian marginal marine siliciclastic in the Bahariya Formation of Egypt.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Egypt (2 collections), India (1), Kazakhstan (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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