Pteroscyllium lamranii Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 (cat shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

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 Pteroscyllium according to A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta 1997

Sister taxa: Pteroscyllium hermani, Pteroscyllium nolfi, Pteroscyllium ornatum, Pteroscyllium signeuxi, Pteroscyllium speetonensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Beni Idir, couche jaune, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in Morocco

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Morocco (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of Morocco (5)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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