Cantioscyllium meyeri

Case & Cappetta, 1997


Classification: Elasmobranchii Orectolobiformes Ginglymostomatidae

Reference of the original description
Case, G.R. & Cappetta, H. (1997)
A new selachian fauna from the Late Maastrichtian of Texas (Upper Cretaceous/Navarro Group; Kemp Formation). Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen Reihe A, Geologie und Paläontologie, 34, 131–189, 10 fig., 15 pl.

Synonyms / new combinations and misspellings
Cantioscyllium aff. meyeri, Cantioscyllium cf. meyeri, Cantioscyllium saginatus

Types
Cantioscyllium meyeri



Description:


Citation: Cantioscyllium meyeri Case & Cappetta, 1997: In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 02/2026

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References
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New sharks in a chondrichthyan fauna from the Upper Cretaceous Aguja Formation (lower Campanian) of West Texas support biogeographic segregation among chondrichthyans in the Western Interior. Cretaceous Research, 175, Article 106151
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2025.106151
Guinot, G. & Condamine, F.L. (2023)
Global impact and selectivity of the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction among sharks, skates, and rays. Science, 379, 802–806
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Schubert, J.A. & Wick, S.L. & Lehman, T.M. (2017)
An Upper Cretaceous (middle Campanian) marine chondrichthyan and osteichthyan fauna from the Rattlesnake Mountain sandstone member of the Aguja Formation in West Texas. Cretaceous Research, 69, 6–33
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2016.08.008
Case, G.R. & Cook, T.D. & Sadorf, E.M. & Shannon, K.R. (2017)
A late Maastrichtian selachian assemblage from the Peedee Formation of North Carolina, USA. Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology, 3, 63–80
Ciampaglio, C.N. & Cicimurri, D.J. (2012)
Elasmobranch and osteichthyan diversity from two late cretaceous (late campanian) transgressive lag deposits along the Neuse River, Lenoir County, North Carolina [Abstract]. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 32(Suppl. 1), 79
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2012.10635175
Cappetta, H. & Case, G.R. (1999)
Additions aux faunes de sélaciens du Crétacé du Texas (Albien supérieur-Campanien). Palaeo Ichthyologica, 9, 5–111
Case, G.R. & Cappetta, H. (1997)
A new selachian fauna from the Late Maastrichtian of Texas (Upper Cretaceous/Navarro Group; Kemp Formation). Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen Reihe A, Geologie und Paläontologie, 34, 131–189, 10 fig., 15 pl.
Meyer, R.E. (1974)
Late Cretaceous elasmobranchs from the Mississippi and East Texas embayments of the Gulf Coastal Plain. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Texas at Arlington, 419 p., 106 fig.