Eypea leesi Underwood and Ward 2004 (ground shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Proscylliidae

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 Eypea according to C. J. Underwood and D. J. Ward 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNH P.66058, a set of teeth. Its type locality is Watton Cliff, Dorset [Forest Marble Fm], which is in a Bathonian marine limestone in the Forest Marble Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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