Palaeoscyllium tenuidens Underwood and Ward 2004 (cat shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Full reference: C. J. Underwood and D. J. Ward. 2004. Neoselachian sharks and rays from the British Bathonian (Middle Jurassic). Palaeontology 47(3):447-501

Belongs to Palaeoscyllium according to C. J. Underwood and D. J. Ward 2004

Sister taxa: Palaeoscyllium formosum, Palaeoscyllium minus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Watton Cliff, Dorset [Forest Marble Fm] (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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