Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Full reference: G. R. Case. 1987. A new selachian fauna from the late Campanian of Wyoming (Teapot Sandstone Member, Mesaverde Formation, Big Horn Basin). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 197(Lfg. 1-3):1-37
Belongs to Scyliorhinus according to G. R. Case 1987
Sister taxa: Scyliorhinus alaformis, Scyliorhinus antiquus, Scyliorhinus arambourgi, Scyliorhinus arlingtonensis, Scyliorhinus biddlei, Scyliorhinus bloti, Scyliorhinus brumarivulensis, Scyliorhinus cabindensis, Scyliorhinus casieri, Scyliorhinus coupatezi, Scyliorhinus distans, Scyliorhinus dubius, Scyliorhinus elongatus, Scyliorhinus entomodon, Scyliorhinus fossilis, Scyliorhinus ivagrantae, Scyliorhinus joleaudi, Scyliorhinus luypaertsi, Scyliorhinus minutissimus, Scyliorhinus monsaugustus, Scyliorhinus muelleri, Scyliorhinus ptychtus, Scyliorhinus reyndersi, Scyliorhinus sulcidens, Scyliorhinus taylorensis, Scyliorhinus trifolius, Scyliorhinus verloensis, Scyliorhinus weemsi, Scyliorhinus woodwardi
Type specimen: AMNH 12042, a tooth. Its type locality is Hidden Dome Blowout, which is in a Campanian estuary/bay sandstone in the Mesaverde Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Hidden Dome Blowout
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