Plicatoscyllium derameei Case and Cappetta 1997 (nurse shark)

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae

Belongs to Plicatoscyllium according to J. W. Hoganson et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Plicatoscyllium gharbii, Plicatoscyllium globidens, Plicatoscyllium lehneri, Plicatoscyllium minutum, Plicatoscyllium youssoufiaense

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kemp Clay Formation, which is in a Maastrichtian marine claystone/sandstone in the Kemp Clay Formation of Texas

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (6: Maryland, North Dakota, Texas collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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