Diprosopovenator hilperti Stumpf et al. 2019 (ground shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Pseudoscyliorhinidae

Full 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

Belongs to Diprosopovenator according to S. Stumpf et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: RE A 4872/1 and RE A 4872/2, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is HPCF II quarry (geslinianum zone), which is in a Cenomanian marine limestone in the Hesseltal Formation of Germany.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at HPCF II quarry (geslinianum zone)

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