Orectoloboides
| Orectoloboides Temporal range: Cenomanian | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Orectolobiformes |
| Family: | Orectolobidae |
| Genus: | †Orectoloboides Cappetta, 1977 |
Orectoloboides is an extinct genus of wobbegong sharks (family Orectolobidae). It was described by Cappetta in 1977. A new species, O. angulatus, was described from the Cenomanian age of Canada by Charlie J. Underwood and Stephen L. Cumbaa in 2010.[1]
Species
[edit]- Orectoloboides parvulus (Dalinkevicius, 1935)
- Orectoloboides multistriatus Werner, 1989
- Orectoloboides reyndersi Adnet, 2006
- Orectoloboides angulatus Underwood & Cumbaa, 2010
- Orectoloboides gijseni Herman & Van Den Eeckhaut, 2010[2]
Two species formerly assigned to this genus, O. glashoffi Thies, 1981 and O. pattersoni Thies, 1983, were transferred to the separate genus Ornatoscyllium by Underwood & Ward (2004).[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Underwood, Charlie J.; Cumbaa, Stephen L. (2010). "Chondrichthyans from a Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) bonebed, Saskatchewan, Canada". Palaeontology. 53 (4): 903–944. Bibcode:2010Palgy..53..903U. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00969.x.
- ↑ Jacques Herman; Guy Van Den Eeckhaut (2010). "Inventaire systématique des Invertebrata, Vertebrata, Plantae et Fungi des Sables de Bruxelles à Zaventem" (PDF). Geominpal Belgica Découvertes Géologiques, Minéralogiques et Paléontologiques en Belgique. 1: 32–64. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-17. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ↑ Charlie J. Underwood; David J. Ward (2004). "Neoselachian sharks and rays from the British Bathonian (Middle Jurassic)" (PDF). Palaeontology. 47 (3): 447–501. Bibcode:2004Palgy..47..447U. doi:10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00386.x.
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