†Proetmopterus Siverson 1993 (shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Etmopteridae
Full reference: M. Siverson. 1993. Maastrichtian squaloid shaks from southern Sweden. Palaeontology 36:1-19
Parent taxon: Etmopteridae according to I. Feichtinger et al. 2022
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Siverson 1993
Sister taxa: Eoetmopterus, Etmopterus, Incognitorapax, Miroscyllium, Orthechinorhinus, Paraetmopterus, Trigonognathus
Subtaxa: Proetmopterus hemmooriensis Proetmopterus lukasi
Type: Etmopterus hemmooriensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (2 collections), Sweden (11)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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