Palaeobrachaelurus mitchelli Underwood 2004 (carpet shark)

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae

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 Palaeobrachaelurus according to C. J. Underwood 2004

Sister taxa: Palaeobrachaelurus alisonae, Palaeobrachaelurus aperizostus, Palaeobrachaelurus bedfordensis, Palaeobrachaelurus mussetti

Type specimen: NHMUK P.66273, a tooth. Its type locality is Middle B beds, Speeton, which is in a Barremian offshore shale in the Speeton Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Middle B beds, Speeton

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