Paracestracion sarstedensis Thies 1983 (bullhead shark)

Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae

Alternative combination: Heterodontus sarstedtensis

Full reference: D. Thies. 1983. Jurazeitliche Neoselachier aus Deutschland und S-England (Jurassic neoselachians from German and S-England). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 58:1-116

Belongs to Paracestracion according to D. Delsate and R. Weis 2010

See also Kriwet 2008 and Thies 1983

Sister taxa: Paracestracion bellis, Paracestracion falcifer, Paracestracion pectinatus, Paracestracion viohli

Type specimen: SMF 7126, a set of teeth

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Moorberg, near Hannover (Jurassic of Germany)

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