literature

classification

Literature

Books

• Geyn, W.A.E. van de , 1937 .
  Les élasmobranches du Crétacé Marin du Limbourg hollandais
  published in: "Natuurhistorisch Maandblad", Maastricht, volume 26 (1937)
  Out of print

• Arambourg, C. , 1952 .
  Les Vertébrés fossiles des Gisements de Phosphates (Maroc - Algérie - Tunesie)
  Service Géologique Maroc, Notes et Mémoires, No 92
  Out of print

• Herman, J., 1977 .
  Les Sélachiens des terraines néocrétacées & paléocènes de Belgique & des contrées limitrophes. Eléments d'une biostratigraphie intercontinentale.
  Mémoires Expl. Cartes Géologiques et Minières de la Belgique, Mémoire N° 15.
  Still obtainable:
  
  • from the Geological Survey of Belgium :
    Service Géologique de Belgique, Rue Jenner 13, BE-1000 Brussels, Belgium
    
  • or order a copy directly by way of the Products-page of the Geological Survey of Belgium (look at: "Memoirs")

• Cappetta, H. , 1987 .
  Handbook of Paleoichthyology Volume 3B: Chondrichthyes II (Mesozoic and Cenozoic Elasmobranchii)
  (ISBN 0-89574-231-4 NY, Gustav Fisher Verlag / Stuttgart - New York)
  Out of print for a long time but an unchanged reprint is now available at Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil
  (look at: Paleontology / Handbook of Paleoichthyology)

• Welton, B.J. & Farish, R.F. , 1993 .
  The Collector's Guide to Fossil Sharks and Rays From the Cretaceous of Texas .
  (ISBN 0-9638394-0-3, Before Time, #5 Remingtom Drive, Lewisville, TX 75067, U.S.A.)
  Has been out of print for a long time. As from february 2007 a reprint is available at TexasSharks.org .

• Halter, M.C. , 1995 .
  Additions to the Fish Fauna of N.W. Europe .
  3. Three new species of the genus Scyliorhinus from the late Cretaceous (Campanian and Maastrichtian) of the Limburg area (Belgium and the Netherlands) with a reassignment of four additional fossil species to the genus Scyliorhinus sensu stricto .
  published in: "Elasmobranches et stratigraphie" - Professional paper 1995/3 - N° 278
  Still obtainable:
  
  • from the Geological Survey of Belgium :
    Service Géologique de Belgique, Rue Jenner 13, BE-1000 Brussels, Belgium
    
  • or order a copy directly by way of the Products-page of the Geological Survey of Belgium (look at: "Professional papers")

• Brugghen, W. van der, Quack-Potteboom, E.Z.M. ,Odé, H. , 1993 .
  Enige opmerkingen over de Horizont van Lichtenberg in de groeve ENCI en de aangetroffen kraakbeenvissenfauna.
  published in: "Grondboor & Hamer", journal of the "Nederlandse Geologische Vereniging", volume 47 no. 6

• Reynders, Jef P.H. , 1998 .
  Fossielen van de St. Pietersberg / Haaien en Roggen.
  published in: "Grondboor & Hamer", journal of the "Nederlandse Geologische Vereniging", volume 52 no. 4/5

Classification

For the following scheme I used the classification of Henri Cappetta in his "Chondrichthyes II / Mesozoic and Cenozoic Elasmobranchii" (see above) .

superorder	order	family	species in the Maastrichtian of the Netherlands
Squalomorphii	Squaliformes	Squalidae	Centrophoroides appendiculatus
Squatinomorphii	Squatiniformes	Squatinidae	Squatina hassei
Galeomorphii	Heterodontiformes	Heterodontidae	Heterodontus rugosis
	Orectolobiformes	Ginglymostomatidae	Plicatoscyllium minutum
	Lamniformes	Odontaspididae	Palaeohypotodus bronni
		Mitsukurinidae	Anomotodon plicatus
		Cretoxyrhinidae	Archaeolamna kopingensis  (=Plicatolamna arcuata)  Cretalamna appendiculata
		Serratolamnidae	Serratolamna serrata
		Anacoracidae	Squalicorax pristodontus  Pseudocorax affinis
	Carcharhiniformes	Scyliorhinidae	Scyliorhinus sp.
		Triakidae	Paleogaleus faujasi  Galeorhinus girardoti
	Galeomorphii incerta ordinis	Palaeospinacidae (Synechodontidae)	Synechodus lerichei
Batomorphii (rays)	Rajiformes	Rhinobatidae	Rhinobatos sp.
		Rhinobatoidei incertae sedis	Squatirhina kannensis
		Sclerorhynchidae	Ganopristis leptodon
	Myliobatiformes	Rhombodontidae	Rhombodus binckhorsti
		Dasyatidae	Coupatezia fallax

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