Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
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 Plicatoscyllium according to G. R. Case et al. 2017
See also Antunes and Cappetta 2002 and Case and Cappetta 1997
Sister taxa: Plicatoscyllium derameei, Plicatoscyllium gharbii, Plicatoscyllium globidens, Plicatoscyllium lehneri, Plicatoscyllium minutum, Plicatoscyllium youssoufiaense
Type specimen: AMNH 13706, 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: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), United States (3: Maryland, North Carolina, Texas)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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