Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
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
Parent taxon: Orectolobidae according to T. D. Cook et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Cederstroemia, Cirriscyllium, Cretorectolobus, Eometlaouia, Eucrossorhinus, Gryphodobatis, Heteroscyllium, Microdontaspis, Nebriinae, Orectoloboides, Orectolobus, Squatiscyllium, Synchismus
Subtaxa: Restesia americana Restesia monocuspilatus
Type: Squatirhina americana
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (4: Alberta collections), United States (22: Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 26 collections including 28 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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