Ostenoselache stenosoma Duffin 1998 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Ostenoselachidae

Full reference: C. J. Duffin. 1998. Ostenoselache stenosoma n. g. n. sp., a new neoselachian shark from the Sinemurian (Early Jurassic) of Osteno (Lombardy, Italy). Paleontologia Lombarda 9:1-27

Belongs to Ostenoselache according to C. J. Duffin 1998

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MCSNM V632, a skeleton. Its type locality is Osteno, which is in a Bucklandi lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Lombardische Kieselkalk Formation of Italy.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Osteno

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