Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Full reference: D. C. Hovestadt and M. Hovestadt-Euler. 1995. Additions to the fauna of the Boom Clay Formation of Belgium (Rupelian, Oligocene). Taxonomic adjustments on the Scyliorhinidae and Rajoidei, discovery of a dasyatid species (Pisces, Chondrichthyes) and of a curculionid species (Insecta, Coleoptera). Belgian Geological Survey, Professional Paper, Elasmobranches et Stratigraphie 278:261-282
Belongs to Bythaelurus according to D. C. Hovestadt and M. Hovestadt-Euler 1995
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IRSNB P.2642, a tooth. Its type locality is Terhagen, level 35, which is in a Rupelian marine claystone in the Boom Clay Formation of Belgium.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Belgium (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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