Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Full reference: M. C. Halter. 1995. Additions to the fish fauna of N.W. Europe. 3. Three new species of the genus Scyliorhinus from the late Cretaceous (Campanian and Maastrichtian) of the Limburg area (Belgium and The Netherlands) with a reassignment of four additional fossil species to the genus Scyliorhinus sensu stricto. Belgian Geological Survey Professional Paper, Elasmobranches et Stratigraphie 278:65-109
Belongs to Scyliorhinus according to J. Adolfssen and D. Ward 2015
See also Halter 1995
Sister taxa: Scyliorhinus alaformis, Scyliorhinus antiquus, Scyliorhinus arambourgi, Scyliorhinus arlingtonensis, Scyliorhinus bloti, Scyliorhinus brumarivulensis, Scyliorhinus cabindensis, Scyliorhinus casieri, Scyliorhinus coupatezi, Scyliorhinus distans, Scyliorhinus dubius, Scyliorhinus elongatus, Scyliorhinus entomodon, Scyliorhinus fossilis, Scyliorhinus ivagrantae, Scyliorhinus joleaudi, Scyliorhinus luypaertsi, Scyliorhinus minutissimus, Scyliorhinus monsaugustus, Scyliorhinus muelleri, Scyliorhinus ptychtus, Scyliorhinus reyndersi, Scyliorhinus sulcidens, Scyliorhinus taylorensis, Scyliorhinus tensleepensis, Scyliorhinus trifolius, Scyliorhinus verloensis, Scyliorhinus weemsi, Scyliorhinus woodwardi
Type specimen: IRSNB P 6335, a tooth. Its type locality is Quarry C.B.R. Romontbos, between flintstone layers 20 and 21, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate chalk in the Gulpen Formation of Belgium.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Denmark (2 collections)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (2), the Netherlands (3)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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