Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Etmopteridae
Full reference: I. Feichtinger, J. Pollerspöck, M. Harzhauser, G. Auer, S., M. Kranner, and G. Guinot. 2022. Shifts in composition of northern Tethyan elasmobranch assemblages during the last millennia of the Cretaceous. Cretaceous Research 142(105414)
Belongs to Eoetmopterus according to I. Feichtinger et al. 2022
Sister taxon: Eoetmopterus supracretaceus
Type specimen: NHMW/2022/0150/0005, a tooth. Its type locality is Waidach, near Nussdorf, horizon 4, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate marl in the Gerhartsreit Formation of Austria.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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