Paraorthacodus kruckowi Thies 1983 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Paraorthacodontidae

Alternative combination: Palaeospinax kruckowi

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 Paraorthacodus according to C. J. Duffin and D. J. Ward 1993

See also Biddle 1993 and Thies 1983

Sister taxa: Paraorthacodus andersoni, Paraorthacodus arduennae, Paraorthacodus conicus, Paraorthacodus eocaenus, Paraorthacodus hesbayensis, Paraorthacodus jurensis, Paraorthacodus recurvus, Paraorthacodus rossi

Type specimen: SMF 7096, 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 France (1 collection), Germany (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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