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 Scyliorhinus according to S. Boulemia and S. Adnet 2023
See also Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Sister taxa: Scyliorhinus alaformis, Scyliorhinus antiquus, Scyliorhinus arambourgi, Scyliorhinus arlingtonensis, Scyliorhinus biddlei, Scyliorhinus bloti, Scyliorhinus brumarivulensis, Scyliorhinus burnhamensis, Scyliorhinus cabindensis, Scyliorhinus casieri, Scyliorhinus coupatezi, Scyliorhinus distans, Scyliorhinus dubius, Scyliorhinus elongatus, Scyliorhinus entomodon, Scyliorhinus fossilis, Scyliorhinus ivagrantae, Scyliorhinus joleaudi, Scyliorhinus luypaertsi, Scyliorhinus minutissimus, Scyliorhinus monsaugustus, Scyliorhinus muelleri, Scyliorhinus reyndersi, Scyliorhinus sulcidens, Scyliorhinus taylorensis, Scyliorhinus tensleepensis, Scyliorhinus trifolius, Scyliorhinus verloensis, Scyliorhinus weemsi, Scyliorhinus woodwardi
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: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Morocco (1 collection)
• Paleocene of Algeria (1), Morocco (7)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Morocco (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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