HPCF II quarry (geslinianum zone) (Cretaceous of Germany)

Where: Lower Saxony, Germany (52.4° N, 9.9° E: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 9.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Metoicoceras geslinianum ammonoid zone, Hesseltal Formation, Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Stumpf, U. Scheer, and J. Kriwet. 2019. A new genus and species of extinct ground shark, †Diprosopovenator hilperti, gen. et sp. nov. (Carcharhiniformes, †Pseudoscyliorhinidae, fam. nov.), from the Upper Cretaceous of Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39(2):e1593185 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 210062: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.05.2020

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Carcharhiniformes - Pseudoscyliorhinidae
Diprosopovenator hilperti n. gen. n. sp. Stumpf et al. 2019 ground shark