Foumtizia arba 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 Foumtizia according to A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta 1997

Sister taxa: Foumtizia abdouni, Foumtizia gadaensis, Foumtizia pattersoni, Foumtizia poudenxae, Foumtizia zhelezkoi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Youssoufia, recette 4, couche 0, which is in a Danian marine sandstone in Morocco

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Youssoufia, recette 4, couche 0

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