Odontorhytis pappenheimi Bohm 1926 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Galeomorphi

Full reference: J. Bohm. 1926. Über Tertiäre versteinerungen von den Bogenfelser diamantfeldern. Beiträge zur geologischen Erforschung der deutschen Schutzgebiete 2:55-87

Belongs to Odontorhytis according to S. Adnet et al. 2020

See also Bohm 1926, Cappetta 1981 and Rana et al. 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Langental, NE of Bogenfels, which is in a Priabonian shallow subtidal siltstone/sandstone in the Langental Beds Formation of Namibia

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Egypt (12 collections), India (1), Morocco (3), Namibia (1), Pakistan (1), Tunisia (1)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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