†Hexanchus wiedenrothi Thies 1983 (sixgill shark)
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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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