†Protospinax carvalhoi Underwood and Ward 2004 (elasmobranch)
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Chondrichthyes - Protospinaciformes - Protospinacidae
Full reference: C. J. Underwood and D. J. Ward. 2004. Neoselachian sharks and rays from the British Bathonian (Middle Jurassic). Palaeontology 47(3):447-501
Belongs to Protospinax according to A. Begat et al. 2025
See also Delsate and Felten 2015 and Underwood and Ward 2004
Sister taxa: Protospinax annectans, Protospinax lochensteinensis, Protospinax planus
Type specimen: BMNH P66130, a test.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Longwy (Jurassic of France)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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