Squatina (Squatina) lundegreni Siversson et al. 2015 (angel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Squatiniformes - Squatinidae

Full reference: M. Siversson, T. D. Cook, P. Cederström and H. E. Ryan. 2015. Early Campanian (Late Cretaceous) squatiniform and synechodontiform selachians from the Åsen locality, Kristianstad Basin, Sweden. Mesozoic Biotas of Scandinavia and its Arctic Territories. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 434:251-275

Belongs to Squatina (Squatina) according to M. Siversson et al. 2015

Sister taxon: Squatina (Squatina) fortemordeo

Type specimen: LO 11994 T, a tooth. Its type locality is Åsen, which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone/sandstone in Sweden.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Åsen

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