†Mesiteia ypresiensis Casier 1946 (carpet shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes
Alternative combination: Ginglymostoma ypresiensis
Full reference: E. Casier. 1946. La faune ichthyologique de l'Ypresien de la Belgique. Memoires Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 104:1-267
Belongs to Mesiteia according to J. Herman 1977
See also Casier 1946
Sister taxa: Mesiteia daimeriesi, Mesiteia emiliae, Mesiteia humboldtii
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Forest Festihall excavation (Eocene of Belgium)
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