Cantioscyllium decipiens Woodward 1889 (nurse shark)

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) Part 1 1-613

Belongs to Cantioscyllium according to G. Guinot et al. 2013

See also Bourdon et al. 2011, Cappetta 1973, Cappetta and Case 1999, Herman 1977, Kriwet et al. 2009, Vullo et al. 2007 and Williamson et al. 1989

Sister taxa: Cantioscyllium alhaulfi, Cantioscyllium brachyplicatum, Cantioscyllium meyeri

Type specimen: BMNH P.5890, a partial skeleton

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (2 collections), the United Kingdom (1), United States (6: Kansas, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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