Paraginglymostoma roklumensis Thies 1981 (carpet shark)

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Brachaeluridae

Alternative combination: Brachaelurus roklumensis

Full reference: D. Thies. 1981. Vier neue Neoselachier-Haiarten aus der NW-deutschen Unterkreide. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Monatshefte 1981:475-486

Belongs to Paraginglymostoma according to T. J. Batchelor and D. J. Ward 1990

See also Thies 1981

Sister taxon: Paraginglymostoma bedfordensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Qa' Faydat ad Dahikiya, which is in a Priabonian marine phosphorite in the Wadi Esh-Shallala Formation of Jordan

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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