†Etmopterus acutidens Casier 1966 (shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Etmopteridae
Full reference: E. Casier. 1966. Sur la faune ichtyologique de la Formation de Bissex Hill et de la Série océanique, de l'Ile de la Barbade, et sur l'âge de ces formations. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 59(1):493-515
Belongs to Etmopterus according to E. Casier 1966
Sister taxa: Etmopterus cahuzaci, Etmopterus spinax
Type specimen: Its type locality is Bissex Hill, Bissex Hill Formation, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the Bissex Hill Formation of Barbados
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Barbados (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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