Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes
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(Lfg. 4-6):83-102
Parent taxon: Orectolobiformes according to J. Bourdon et al. 2011
See also Case et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Acanthoscyllium, Akaimia, Annea, Brachaeluridae, Crossorhinidae, Dorsetoscyllium, Garrigascyllium, Hemiscylliidae, Heterophorcynus, Magistrauia, Mesiteia, Orectolobidae, Orectoloboidei, Ornatoscyllium, Parahemiscyllium, Parascyllioidei, Parasquatina, Rhincodontidae, Rhinocodontidae, Stegostomatidae
Subtaxa: Columbusia deblieuxi Columbusia fragilis
Type: Columbusia fragilis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (3: Georgia, New Mexico, Utah collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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