Cristomylus leptostemma Wynd et al. 2020 (ray)

Chondrichthyes - Batoidea

Full reference: B. M. Wynd, D. G. DeMar, and G. P. Wilson. 2020. Euselachian diversity through the uppermost Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of Garfield County, Montana, USA, with implications for the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction in freshwater environments. Cretaceous Research 113:104483

Belongs to Cristomylus according to B. M. Wynd et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Cristomylus bulldogensis, Cristomylus cifellii, Cristomylus nelsoni

Type specimen: UWBM 111225, a tooth. Its type locality is Celeste's Magnificent Microsite, which is in a Lancian crevasse splay sandstone in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (2: Montana collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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