Orectolobus ziegenhinei

Orectolobus ziegenhinei; Temporal range: Lutetian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Division:	Selachii
Order:	Orectolobiformes
Family:	Orectolobidae
Genus:	Orectolobus
Species:	†O. ziegenhinei
Binomial name
	†Orectolobus ziegenhinei; Cappetta & Case, 2016

Last updated June 16, 2025

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.

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[1] 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.

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