†Protoxynotus misburgensis Herman 1975 (sleeper shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Somniosidae
Synonyms: Palaeomicroides ursulae Thies and Müller 1993, Paraphorosoides ursulae Thies and Müller 1993
Belongs to Protoxynotus according to I. Feichtinger et al. 2025
See also Feichtinger et al. 2022, Feichtinger et al. 2024, Kriwet et al. 2006 and Thies and Müller 1993
Sister taxon: Protoxynotus mayrmelnhofi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (7 collections), Lebanon (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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