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 M. C. Halter 1995
Sister taxa: Scyliorhinus alaformis, Scyliorhinus antiquus, Scyliorhinus arlingtonensis, Scyliorhinus biauriculatus, Scyliorhinus biddlei, Scyliorhinus brumarivulensis, Scyliorhinus cabindensis, Scyliorhinus coupatezi, Scyliorhinus distans, Scyliorhinus dubius, Scyliorhinus elongatus, Scyliorhinus entomodon, Scyliorhinus fossilis, Scyliorhinus minutissimus, Scyliorhinus monsaugustus, Scyliorhinus muelleri, Scyliorhinus pattersoni, Scyliorhinus ptychtus, Scyliorhinus reyndersi, Scyliorhinus sulcidens, Scyliorhinus taylorensis, Scyliorhinus trifolius, Scyliorhinus weemsi, Scyliorhinus woodwardi
Type specimen: IRSNB P 6350, a tooth. Its type locality is Quarry E.N.C.I., base of Valkenburg Chalk (Lichtenberg Horizon), which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate chalk in the Maastricht Formation of the Netherlands.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Quarry E.N.C.I., base of Valkenburg Chalk (Lichtenberg Horizon)
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