Deania angoumeensis Adnet 2006 (gulper shark)

Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Centrophoridae

Full reference: S. Adnet. 2006. Nouvelle faunes de sélaciens (Elasmobranchii, Neoselachii) de l'Eocène moyen des Landes (Sud-Ouest, France). Implication dans la connaissance des communautés de sélaciens d'eau profondes. Palaeo Ichthyologica 10:1-128

Belongs to Deania according to B. Cahuzac et al. 2007

See also Adnet 2006

Sister taxon: Deania calcea

Type specimen: ANG34, a tooth. Its type locality is Miretrain quarry, level 0, Angoumé, which is in a Lutetian slope marl in the Marnes de Miretrain Formation of France.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Miretrain quarry, level 0, Angoumé

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