Columbusia deblieuxi Kirkland et al. 2013 (carpet shark)

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes

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 Columbusia according to J. I. Kirkland et al. 2013

Sister taxon: Columbusia fragilis

Type specimen: UMNH VP 18878, a tooth. Its type locality is Campbell Canyon, UMNH VP Loc. 77, which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Wahweap Formation of Utah.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Campbell Canyon, UMNH VP Loc. 77

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