Myledaphus pustulosus Cook et al. 2014 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Rhinobatidae

Full reference: T. D. Cook, M. G. Newbrey, D. B. Brinkman and J. I. Kirkland. 2014. Euselachians from the freshwater deposits of the Hell Creek Formation of Montana. Through the End of the Cretaceous in the Type Locality of the Hell Creek Formation in Montana and Adjacent Areas. Geological Society of America Special Paper 503 229–246

Belongs to Myledaphus according to T. A. Gates et al. 2019

See also Cook et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Myledaphus araucanus, Myledaphus bipartitus

Type specimen: UCMP 197869, a tooth. Its type locality is Celeste's Magnificent Microsite, which is in a Lancian crevasse splay sandstone in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (15: Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota collections)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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