Garrigascyllium Guinot et al. 2014 (carpet shark)

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes

Full reference: G. Guinot, H. Cappetta, and S. Adnet. 2014. A rare elasmobranch assemblage from the Valanginian (Lower Cretaceous) of southern France. Cretaceous Research 48:54-84

Parent taxon: Orectolobiformes according to G. Guinot et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Akaimia, Annea, Archaeoscyllium, Crossorhinidae, Dorsetoscyllium, Galagadon, Ginglymostomatidae, Heterophorcynus, Jurascyllium, Magistrauia, Mesiteia, Orectoloboidei, Ornatoscyllium, Palaeocarcharidae, Parahemiscyllium, Parascyllioidei, Parasquatina, Phorcynidae, Rhinocodontidae, Similiteroscyllium

Subtaxa: Garrigascyllium aganticensis

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Type: Garrigascyllium aganticensis

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Mas d’Antrigoule farm, La Cadière-et-Cambo (Cretaceous of France)

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