Orectolobus ziegenhinei
| Orectolobus ziegenhinei Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Orectolobiformes |
| Family: | Orectolobidae |
| Genus: | Orectolobus |
| Species: | †O. ziegenhinei
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| Binomial name | |
| †Orectolobus ziegenhinei Cappetta & Case, 2016
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Orectolobus ziegenhinei is an extinct species of orectolobid chondrichthyan in the genus Orectolobus that lived during the Lutetian stage of the Eocene epoch.
Distribution
Orectolobus ziegenhinei is known from fossils discovered in the Lisbon Formation in Andalusia in Covington County, Alabama.[1]
References
- ^ Cappetta, Henri; Case, Gerard R. (28 November 2016). "A Selachian Fauna from the Middle Eocene (Lutetian, Lisbon Formation) of Andalusia, Covington County, Alabama, USA". Palaeontographica Abteilung A. 307 (1–6): 43–103. Bibcode:2016PalAA.307...43C. doi:10.1127/pala/307/2016/43. ISSN 0375-0442. Retrieved 14 June 2025 – via Schweizerbart Science Publishers.