Keasius rhenanus Reinecke and Radwanski 2015 (basking shark)

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 septemtrionalis, Keasius taylori

Type specimen: Its type locality is Krinke pit, Werder [Werder Fm], which is in a Burdigalian coastal gravel in the Werder Formation of Germany

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic suspension feeder-carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Belgium (4 collections), Germany (13), the Netherlands (1)

Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence

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