Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Full reference: G. R. Case, D. R. Schwimmer, P. D. Borodin and J. J. Leggett. 2001. A new selachian fauna from the Eutaw Formation (Upper Cretaceous/Early to Middle Santonian) of Chattahoochee County, Georgia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 261:83-102
Parent taxon: Orectolobidae according to J. A. Schubert et al. 2017
See also Bourdon et al. 2011 and Case et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Cederstroemia, Cirriscyllium, Coelometlaouia, Cretorectolobus, Eometlaouia, Eucrossorhinus, Gryphodobatis, Heteroscyllium, Nebriinae, Orectoloboides, Orectolobus, Restesia, Squatiscyllium, Synchismus
Subtaxa: Columbusia deblieuxi Columbusia fragilis Columbusia roessingi
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (9: Georgia, Mississippi, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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