Squatiniformes (Chondrichthyes,Neoselachii) from the Late Cretaceous of southern England and northern France with redescription of the holotype of Squatina cranei Woodward, 1888 |
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| Authors: | GUILLAUME GUINOT CHARLIE J. UNDERWOOD HENRI CAPPETTA DAVID J. WARD |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Département Paléontologie, Phylogénie and Paléobiologie, UMR 5554 ‘Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution’, Université de Montpellier II Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, Cc 064, Place Eugène Bataillon, F‐34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France;2. e‐mails: guillaume.guinot@univ‐montp2.fr;3. henri.cappetta@univ‐montp2.fr;4. School of Earth Sciences, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK;5. e‐mails: gguino01@mail.bbk.ac.uk;6. c.underwood@bbk.ac.uk;7. Crofton Court, 81 Crofton Lane, Orpington, Kent BR5 1HB, UK;8. e‐mail: david@fossil.ws |
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| Abstract: | Abstract: Bulk sampling of phosphate‐rich horizons within the Late Cretaceous of the Anglo‐Paris Basin yielded numerous teeth of members of the Squatiniformes. Along with isolated tooth remains, two museum specimens comprising partial articulated encoskeletal remains including the holotype of the species Squatina cranei Woodward, 1888a are described, and a new subgenus Cretascyllium is proposed for species of the genus Squatina with high degree of heterodonty and triangular anterior teeth. The species Squatina (Cretascyllium) cranei comb. nov. and Squatina (Cretascyllium) hassei comb. nov. are referred to this subgenus. The genus Parasquatina Herman, 1982 previously erected on a single tooth is valid, and two new species P. justinensis sp. nov. and P. jarvisi sp. nov. are described along with a third taxon Parasquatina sp. An enigmatic tooth referred to ?Neoselachii incertae sedis is also reported. The palaeoecology of these taxa is discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Squatiniformes Squatina Cretascyllium Parasquatina sharks Late Cretaceous Anglo‐Paris Basin |
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