Omanoselache Koot et al. 2013 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes

Full reference: M. B. Koot, G. Cuny, A. Tintori and R. J. Twitchett. 2013. A new diverse shark fauna from the Wordian (Middle Permian) Khuff Formation in the interior Haushi-Huqf area, Sultanate of Oman. Palaeontology 56:303-343

Parent taxon: Hybodontiformes according to J. C. Li et al. 2023

See also Koot et al. 2013 and Koot and Cuny 2014

Sister taxa: Cassisodus, Doratodus, Hamiltonichthys, Hubeiodus, Hybodontoidea, Mesodmodus, Onychoselache, Pseudodalatiidae, Ptychodontidae, Reesodus, Steinbachodontidae, Teresodus

Subtaxa: Omanoselache angiolinii Omanoselache bucheri Omanoselache contrarius Omanoselache halli Omanoselache hendersoni

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Type: Omanoselache hendersoni

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Canada (12: British Columbia collections), China (6), Oman (7), Spain (16), United States (1: Nevada)

• Permian of Latvia (1), Oman (17), Poland (1)

Total: 61 collections including 84 occurrences

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