†Distobatus nutiae Werner 1989 (elasmobranch)
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Distobatidae
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 Distobatus according to C. Werner 1989
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BSP 1912 VIII 546, a tooth. Its type locality is Gebel el Dist Sockel, bed 7n, which is in a Cenomanian marginal marine claystone in the Bahariya Formation of Egypt.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1 collection), Egypt (5), Morocco (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.