†Columbusia roessingi Case 1987 (wobbegong)
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Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Alternative combination: Squatirhina roessingi
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 Columbusia according to G. R. Case et al. 2001
See also Case 1987 and Peng et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Columbusia deblieuxi, Columbusia fragilis
Type specimen: AMNH 12087, a tooth
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (4: Wyoming collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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