Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Etmopteridae
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 Etmopterus according to B. Cahuzac et al. 2007
See also Adnet 2006
Sister taxa: Etmopterus acutidens, Etmopterus spinax
Type specimen: ANG59, 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:
• Eocene of France (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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