Dallasiella willistoni Cappetta and Case 1999 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Cretoxyrhinidae

Full reference: H. Cappetta and G. R. Case. 1999. Additions aux faunes de sélaciens du Crétacé du Texas (Albien supérieur-Campanien). Palaeo Ichthyologica 9:5-111

Belongs to Dallasiella according to K. N. Bice and K. Shimada 2016

See also Cappetta and Case 1999, Cook et al. 2008, Cook et al. 2013, Cumbaa et al. 2006 and Guinot et al. 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kiest Boulevard (KIB), which is in a Turonian marine siliciclastic in Texas

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Alberta collections), France (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (4: Kansas, Montana, Texas)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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