Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae
Parent taxon: Orectolobidae according to R. Estes 1964
See also Biddle 1993, Bryant 1989, Cappetta 1987, Peng et al. 2001, Sepkoski 2002 and Underwood et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Cirriscyllium, Columbusia, Eucrossorhinus, Gryphodobatis, Heteroscyllium, Microdontaspis, Nebriinae, Orectolobus, Pseudoginglymostoma, Squatiscyllium, Stegostoma, Synchismus
Subtaxa: Squatirhina americana Squatirhina kannensis Squatirhina lonzeensis Squatirhina roessingi Squatirhina thiesi
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (4: Alberta collections), France (2), Kazakhstan (1), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (5), United States (31: Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 45 collections including 50 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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