Chondrichthyes - Protospinaciformes - Protospinacidae

Full reference: C. J. Underwood. 2002. Sharks, rays and a chimaeroid from the Kimmeridgian (Late Jurassic) of Ringstead, Southern England. Palaeontology 45(2):297-325

Belongs to Protospinax according to A. Begat et al. 2025

See also Underwood 2002

Sister taxa: Protospinax annectans, Protospinax carvalhoi, Protospinax lochensteinensis

Type specimen: P65694, a tooth. Its type locality is Ringstead Bay, Weymouth, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian marine horizon in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ringstead Bay, Weymouth

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.