Chondrichthyes - Euselachii

Full reference: G. Schaumberg. 1982. Hopleacanthus richelsdorfensis n g n sp, ein Euselachier aus dem permischen Kupferschiefer von Hessen (W-Deutschland). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 56(3/4):235-257

Parent taxon: Neoselachii according to M. Ginter et al. 2010

See also Schaumberg 1982

Sister taxa: Agaleidae, Anachronistidae, Batoidea, Batomorphii, Dalatiiformes, Duffinselache, Galea, Galeomorphii, Grozonodon, Mcmurdodontidae, Nanocetorhinus, Odontorhytis, Ostenoselachidae, Palaeocarcharidae, Rhomaleodus, Selachii, Squalea, Squalomorphii, Squatinomorphii, Synechodontiformes, Vallisodus

Subtaxa: Hopleacanthus richelsdorfensis

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Type: Hopleacanthus richelsdorfensis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Wolfsberg pit, Bad Hersfeld (Permian of Germany)

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