Synechodus riegrafi Thies 1983 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae

Alternative combination: Palaeospinax riegrafi

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

See also Thies 1983

Sister taxa: Hybodus bronnii, Synechodus antiquus, Synechodus clarki, Synechodus dereki, Synechodus dubrisiensis, Synechodus duffini, Synechodus egertoni, Synechodus faxensis, Synechodus filipi, Synechodus incrementum, Synechodus kessleri, Synechodus lerichei, Synechodus levis, Synechodus multinodosus, Synechodus nitidus, Synechodus paludinensis, Synechodus plicatus, Synechodus prorogatus, Synechodus rhaeticus, Synechodus seinstedtensis, Synechodus streitzi, Synechodus subulatus, Synechodus subulatus, Synechodus sulcatus, Synechodus tenuis, Synechodus triangulus, Synechodus turneri, Synechodus ungeri, Synechodus validus, Synechodus volaticus

Type specimen: SMF 7098, a set of teeth. Its type locality is Buchsteige, near Balingen, which is in an Oxfordian marine marl in Germany.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Buchsteige, near Balingen

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