Pteroscyllium speetonensis Underwood 2004 (cat shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Full reference: C. J. Underwood. 2004. Barremian and Aptian (Cretaceous) sharks and rays from Speeton, Yorkshire, NE England. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 55:107-118

Belongs to Pteroscyllium according to C. J. Underwood 2004

Sister taxa: Pteroscyllium hermani, Pteroscyllium lamranii, Pteroscyllium nolfi, Pteroscyllium ornatum, Pteroscyllium signeuxi

Type specimen: NHMUK P.66265, a tooth. Its type locality is Sample UB1B, Speeton, which is in an Aptian offshore marl in the Speeton Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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