Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Synonym: Metlaouia Noubhani and Cappetta 1997 [replaced name]
Full reference: A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta. 2002. Metlaouia Noubhani and Cappetta, 1997 (Chondrichthyes: Orectolobiformes) preoccupied by Metlaouia Dumont, 1928 (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47:684
Parent taxon: Orectolobidae according to A. Noubhani and H. Cappetta 2002
See also Noubhani and Cappetta 1997
Sister taxa: Cederstroemia, Cirriscyllium, Cretorectolobus, Eucrossorhinus, Gryphodobatis, Heteroscyllium, Microdontaspis, Nebriinae, Orectoloboides, Orectolobus, Restesia, Squatiscyllium, Synchismus
Subtaxa: Eometlaouia numidica Metlaouia delpiti
Type: Squatirhina numidica
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Morocco (1 collection), United States (1: Alabama)
• Paleocene of Morocco (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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