Foumtizia zhelezkoi Malyshkina 2006 (cat shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Full reference: T. Malyshkina. 2006. Late Eocene scyliorhinid sharks from the Trans−Urals, Russia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51(3):465-475

Belongs to Foumtizia according to T. Malyshkina 2006

Sister taxa: Foumtizia abdouni, Foumtizia arba, Foumtizia gadaensis, Foumtizia poudenxae

Type specimen: PIN 5088/03, a tooth (lateral tooth). Its type locality is Kurgan brick factory, which is in a Priabonian marine sandstone/claystone in the Tavda Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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