Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Full reference: H. Cappetta. 1977. Sélaciens nouveaux de l'Albien supérieur de Wissant (Pas-de-Calais). Geobios 10:967-973
Parent taxon: Orectolobidae according to J. P. Biddle 1993
See also Cahuzac et al. 2007, Cappetta 1977, Sepkoski 2002, Thies 1983 and Werner 1989
Sister taxa: Cederstroemia, Cirriscyllium, Cretorectolobus, Eometlaouia, Eucrossorhinus, Gryphodobatis, Heteroscyllium, Microdontaspis, Nebriinae, Orectolobus, Restesia, Squatiscyllium, Synchismus
Subtaxa: Orectoloboides angulatus Orectoloboides multistriatus Orectoloboides parvulus Orectoloboides reyndersi
Type: Ginglymostoma parvula
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), Egypt (1), France (1), Kazakhstan (1), Lithuania (2), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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