Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Alternative combination: Onchosaurus (Onchosaurus) radicalis
Full reference: P. Gervais. 1852. Zoologie et Paléontologie Françaises (Animaux Vertébrés) ou Nouvelles Recherches sur les Animaux Vivants et Fossiles de la France [French Zoology and Paleontology (Vertebrate Animals) or New Research on the Living and Fossil Animals of France] 1–3:1-274+
Belongs to Onchosaurus according to J. C. Corral et al. 2012
See also Arambourg 1940, Cappetta 1987, Gervais 1852, Gervais 1859 and Suárez and Cappetta 2004
Sister taxa: Onchosaurus (Onchosaurus), Onchosaurus pharao
Type specimen: Its type locality is Meudon [Craie de Meudon], which is in a Campanian offshore shelf wackestone in the Craie de Meudon Formation of France
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Spain (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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