Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes
Full reference: A. Begat, E. Villalobos-Segura, P. L. Jambura, M. A. Staggl, S. Klug and J. Kriwet. 2025. Review of the dental pattern in the squalomorph shark Protospinax annectans , and a description of two new Jurassic shark genera. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 70:731-748
Parent taxon: Orectolobiformes according to A. Begat et al. 2025
Sister taxa: Akaimia, Annea, Archaeoscyllium, Crossorhinidae, Dorsetoscyllium, Galagadon, Garrigascyllium, Ginglymostomatidae, Heterophorcynus, Magistrauia, Mesiteia, Orectoloboidei, Ornatoscyllium, Palaeocarcharidae, Parahemiscyllium, Parascyllioidei, Parasquatina, Phorcynidae, Rhinocodontidae, Similiteroscyllium
Subtaxa: Jurascyllium magnum
Type: Protospinax magnus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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