Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Squalidae
Full reference: G. R. Case and H. Cappetta. 1997. A new selachian fauna from the Late Maastrichtian of Texas (Upper Cretaceous/Navarroan; Kemp Formation). Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Reihe A, Geologie und Paläontologie 34:131-189
Belongs to Squalus according to G. R. Case et al. 2017
See also Case and Cappetta 1997
Sister taxa: Squalus acanthias, Squalus alsaticus, Squalus argentinensis, Squalus ballingsloevensis, Squalus balsvikensis, Squalus blainvillei, Squalus chiconis, Squalus crenatidens, Squalus gabrielsoni, Squalus megalops, Squalus minor, Squalus nicholsae, Squalus perlo, Squalus philippi, Squalus smithi, Squalus sorrakowah, Squalus stehlini, Squalus suckleyi, Squalus vondermarcki, Squalus weltoni, Squalus woodburnei, Squalus worlandensis, Acanthias geelongensis, Biforisodus, Acanthias depauwi
Type specimen: AMNH 13705, a tooth. Its type locality is South Sulphur River, Commerce, which is in a Maastrichtian marine claystone/sandstone in the Kemp Clay Formation of Texas.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: North Carolina, Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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