Heterodontus duffini Thies 1983 (bullhead shark)

Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae

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 Heterodontus according to D. Thies 1983

Sister taxa: Heterodontus boussioni, Heterodontus cainozoicus, Heterodontus canaliculatus, Heterodontus carerens, Heterodontus creamridgensis, Heterodontus havreensis, Heterodontus laevis, Heterodontus lerichei, Heterodontus lonzeensis, Heterodontus maisierensis, Heterodontus philippi, Heterodontus pineti, Heterodontus polonicus, Heterodontus portujacksoni, Heterodontus rugosus, Heterodontus semirugosus, Heterodontus sowasheense, Heterodontus upnikensis, Heterodontus wardensis, Heterodontus woodwardi, Cestracion francisci, Cestracion coleridgensis, Cestracion novozelandicus, Cestracion sulcatus, Cestracion cainozoicus, Cestracion prisca, Cestracion vincenti, Cestracion longidens, Cestracion elongatus, Heterodontobatis paucicarinata

Type specimen: SMF 7117, a set of teeth. Its type locality is Moorberg, near Hannover, which is in an Aalenian marine horizon in Germany.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Germany (1 collection), Luxembourg (5)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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