Cantioscyllium
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Orectolobiformes |
| Family: | Ginglymostomatidae |
| Genus: | †Cantioscyllium Woodward 1889[1] |
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Cantioscyllium is an extinct genus of nurse shark from the Mesozoic era.[3] It is known mainly from isolated teeth, but was named on a partial skeleton from the Late Cretaceous of England. It is a widespread and diverse genus, currently containing 10 species. They are uncommon but present throughout the late cretaceous of the eastern United States, including the Severn Formation of Maryland, the Tar Heel and Peedee formations of North Carolina, and Campanian of New Jersey. It is also known from the Western Interior Seaway and western Europe. C. hashimiaensis is known from the Santonian of Jordan. C. alhaulfi is from the Barremian.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ A. S. Woodward. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) Part 1 1–613
- ^ "PBDB Taxon".
- ^ "Fossilworks: Cantioscyllium". fossilworks.org. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Kriwet, J., Nunn, E. V., & Klug, S. (2009). Neoselachians (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Lower and lower Upper Cretaceous of north-eastern Spain. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 155(2), 316–347.
- ^ "elasmo.com". www.elasmo.com. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
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