Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Full reference: G. R. Case and H. Cappetta. 1997. A new selachian fauna from the Late Maastrichtian of Texas (Upper Cretaceous/Navarroan; Kemp Formation). Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Reihe A, Geologie und Paläontologie 34:131-189
Belongs to Plicatoscyllium according to J. W. Hoganson et al. 2019
See also Becker et al. 2006, Case and Cappetta 1997 and Case et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Plicatoscyllium antiquum, Plicatoscyllium gharbii, Plicatoscyllium globidens, Plicatoscyllium lehneri, Plicatoscyllium minutum, Plicatoscyllium youssoufiaense
Type specimen: AMNH 12169a, a tooth. Its type locality is South Sulphur River, Commerce, which is in a Maastrichtian marine claystone/sandstone in the Kemp Clay Formation of Texas.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (8: Arkansas, Maryland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Texas collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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