Hexanchus wiedenrothi Thies 1983 (sixgill shark)

Chondrichthyes - Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae

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 Hexanchus according to D. Thies 1983

Sister taxa: Hexanchus agassizi, Hexanchus gigas, Hexanchus gracilis, Hexanchus microdon

Type specimen: SMF 7100, a set of teeth. Its type locality is Gretenberg, Sehnde, which is in a Pliensbachian marine mudstone in Germany.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gretenberg, Sehnde

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