Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Full reference: C. Werner. 1989. Die Elasmobranchier-Fauna des Gebel Dist Member der Bahariya Formation (Obercenoman) der Oase Bahariya, Ägypten. Palaeo Ichthyologica 5:1-112
Belongs to Chiloscyllium according to C. Werner 1989
Sister taxa: Chiloscyllium broennimanni, Chiloscyllium frequens, Chiloscyllium greeni, Chiloscyllium meraense, Chiloscyllium missouriense, Chiloscyllium missouriensis, Chiloscyllium salvani, Chiloscyllium vulloi
Type specimen: TUB-SFB69-Vb-477, a tooth. Its type locality is Gebel el Dist, Bahariya Oasis, which is in a Cenomanian marginal marine siliciclastic in the Bahariya Formation of Egypt.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Gebel el Dist, Bahariya Oasis
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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