Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Full reference: A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta. 1997. Les Orectolobiformes, Carcharhiniformes et Myliobatiformes (Elasmobranchii, Neoselachii) des bassins à phosphate du Maroc (Maastrichtien-Lutétien basal). Systématique, biostratigraphie, évolution et dynamique des faunes. Palaeo Ichthyologica 8:1-327
Belongs to Chiloscyllium according to A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta 1997
Sister taxa: Chiloscyllium broennimanni, Chiloscyllium frequens, Chiloscyllium greeni, Chiloscyllium meraense, Chiloscyllium mereretiae, Chiloscyllium missouriense, Chiloscyllium missouriensis, Chiloscyllium vulloi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ouled Abdoun, recette IV, couche 2a, which is in a Selandian/Thanetian marine sandstone in the Couche II Formation of Morocco
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Ouled Abdoun, recette IV, couche 2a
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