Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Cetorhinidae
Full reference: T. Reinecke and A. Radwanski. 2015. Fossil sharks basking sharks of the genus Keasius (Lamniformes, Cetorhinidae) from the boreal North Sea Basin and Upper Rhine Graben: Evolution of dental characteristics from the Oligocene to Middle Miocene and description of two new species. Palaentos 28(3):39-98
Belongs to Keasius according to O. Kovalchuk and Z. Barkaszi 2021
See also Reinecke and Radwanski 2015
Sister taxa: Keasius parvus, Keasius rhenanus, Keasius taylori
Type specimen: Its type locality is Thomas Beton sandpit, which is in a Chattian carbonate sandstone in the Sternberg Formation of Germany
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic suspension feeder-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Germany (4 collections)
• Oligocene of Germany (5)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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