Cristomylus cifellii Kirkland et al. 2013 (ray)

Chondrichthyes - Batoidea

Full reference: J. I. Kirkland, J. G. Brinkman, and D. B. Brinkman. 2013. Elasmobranchs from Upper Cretaceous freshwater facies in southern Utah. At the Top of the Grand Staircase: The Late Cretaceous of Southern Utah 153-194

Belongs to Cristomylus according to J. I. Kirkland et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Cristomylus bulldogensis, Cristomylus leptostemma, Cristomylus nelsoni

Type specimen: MNA V9683, a tooth. Its type locality is Wahweap Formation, MNA 456-1, which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Wahweap Formation of Utah.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (3: Utah collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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