Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
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 Palaeogaleus according to A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta 1997
Sister taxa: Palaeogaleus brivesi, Palaeogaleus faujasi, Palaeogaleus havreensis, Palaeogaleus larachei, Palaeogaleus navarroensis, Palaeogaleus prior, Palaeogaleus sublaevis, Palaeogaleus vincenti
Type specimen: Its type locality is Youssoufia, recette 4, sillon X (YOU), which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate phosphorite in Morocco
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Morocco (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Morocco (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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