†Protospinax lochensteinensis Thies 1983 (elasmobranch)
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Chondrichthyes - Protospinaciformes - Protospinacidae
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 Protospinax according to A. Begat et al. 2025
See also Thies 1983
Sister taxa: Protospinax annectans, Protospinax carvalhoi, Protospinax planus
Type specimen: SMF 7106. Its type locality is Buchsteige, near Balingen, which is in an Oxfordian marine marl in Germany.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Buchsteige, near Balingen
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