Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Somniosidae
Full reference: I. Feichtinger, G. Guinot, N. Straube, M. Harzhauser, and G. Auer, S., M. Kranner, S. Schellhorn, J. Ladwig, D. Thies, and J. Pollerspöck. 2022. Revision of the Cretaceous shark Protoxynotus (Chondrichthyes, Squaliformes) and early evolution of somniosid sharks. Cretaceous Research 140(105331)
Belongs to Protoxynotus according to I. Feichtinger et al. 2026
See also Feichtinger et al. 2022 and Feichtinger et al. 2022
Sister taxon: Protoxynotus misburgensis
Type specimen: NHMW/2021/0116/0001, a tooth. Its type locality is Waidach, near Nussdorf, horizon 7, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate marl in the Gerhartsreit Formation of Austria.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (1 collection), Bulgaria (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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