†Safagaia ptychodon Cappetta 1991 (ray)
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Full reference: H. Cappetta. 1991. Découverte de nouvelles faunes de sélaciens (Neoselachii) dans les phosphates maastrichtiens de la Mer Rouge, Egypte. Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen Reihe A, Geologie und Paläontologie 19:17-56
Belongs to Safagaia according to H. Cappetta 1991
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Abu Ahmed, Safaga, which is in a Maastrichtian marine phosphorite in Egypt
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Abu Ahmed, Safaga
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