Cretasquatina sp.

Maisey, John G., Ehret, Dana J. & Denton, John S. S., 2020, A new genus of Late Cretaceous angel shark (Elasmobranchii; Squatinidae), with comments on squatinid phylogeny, American Museum Novitates 2020 (3954), pp. 1-1 : 1-

Cretasquatina sp. indet.

REFERRED MATERIAL: AMNH FF 22425 ( fig. 5 ); isolated and abraded first vertebra, Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian- Maastrichtian, Mount Laurel or Navesink Formation, Ramanessin Brook, Holmdel, NJ, collected by J. Kowinsky.

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FIG. 5. AMNH FF 22425, Late Cretaceous, Ramanessin Brook, NJ; isolated first vertebra referred to Cretasquatina: A, anterior view; B, posterior view; C, dorsal view; D, ventral view. The centrum is visible posteriorly but does not emerge onto the anterior surface of the element. Large paired concavities of the cranial-vertebral articulation are present anteriorly. Note also the large size of cartilage tesserae covering surfaces of the arcualia and cotyli (compare with figs. 3, 4).