Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Full reference: J. Herman. 1977. Les sélaciens des terrains néocrétacés and paléocènes de Belgique and des contrées limitrophes. Eléments d'une biostratigraphie intercontinentale. Mémoires pour Servir a l'Explication des Cartes Géologiques et Minières de la Belgique 15:1-450
Belongs to Galeorhinus according to J. W. Hoganson et al. 2019
See also Becker et al. 2004, Becker et al. 2006, Case and Cappetta 1997 and Herman 1977
Sister taxa: Galeorhinus cuvieri, Galeorhinus duchaussoisi, Galeorhinus falconeri, Galeorhinus galeus, Galeorhinus goncalvesi, Galeorhinus hannibali, Galeorhinus huberensis, Galeorhinus loangoensis, Galeorhinus louisi, Galeorhinus mesetaensis, Galeorhinus microdon, Galeorhinus minor, Galeorhinus minutissimus, Galeorhinus parvulus, Galeorhinus tenuis, Galeorhinus ypresiensis, Eugaleus latus, Eugaleus falconeri
Type specimen: Its type locality is New Havré lock (base of Craie d'Obourg), which is in a Campanian carbonate chalk in the Obourg Formation of Belgium
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (5 collections), France (3), Germany (1), United States (9: Arkansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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