Dorsetoscyllium belbekensis Trikolidi 2024 (carpet shark)

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes

Full reference: F. A. Trikolidi. 2024. The first finds of teeth and placoid scales of orectolobids (Chondrichthyes, Orectolobiformes) in the Berriasian of Crimea. Paleontological Journal 58:S425-S433

Belongs to Dorsetoscyllium according to F. A. Trikolidi 2024

Sister taxon: Dorsetoscyllium terreafullonicum

Type specimen: TsNIGR 1/13415, a tooth. Its type locality is Kabanii Gully, which is in a Berriasian marine sandstone in the Bechku Formation of Ukraine.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kabanii Gully

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