Restesia americana Estes 1964

Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Orectolobidae

Alternative combination: Squatirhina americana

Full reference: R. Estes. 1964. Fossil vertebrates from the Late Cretaceous Lance Formation, eastern Wyoming. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 49:1-187

Belongs to Restesia according to T. D. Cook et al. 2014

See also Bryant 1989 and Estes 1964

Sister taxon: Restesia monocuspilatus

Type specimen: UCMP 55820, a tooth. Its type locality is Lull 2 Quarry (UCMP V-5620), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Lance Formation of Wyoming.

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (4: Alberta collections), United States (22: Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)

Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence

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