Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Full reference: I. Feichtinger, J. Pollerspöck, M. Harzhauser, G. Auer, S., M. Kranner, B. Beaury and G. Guinot. 2024. Earliest Danian outer neritic elasmobranch assemblages reveal an environmentally controlled faunal turnover at the Cretaceous-Palaeogene boundary in the northern Tethyan Realm (Austria). Papers in Palaeontology 10(e1547)
Belongs to Scyliorhinus according to I. Feichtinger et al. 2024
Sister taxa: Scyliorhinus antiquus, Scyliorhinus arlingtonensis, Scyliorhinus biauriculatus, Scyliorhinus biddlei, Scyliorhinus brumarivulensis, Scyliorhinus cabindensis, Scyliorhinus coupatezi, Scyliorhinus distans, Scyliorhinus dubius, Scyliorhinus elongatus, Scyliorhinus entomodon, Scyliorhinus fossilis, Scyliorhinus luypaertsi, Scyliorhinus minutissimus, Scyliorhinus monsaugustus, Scyliorhinus muelleri, Scyliorhinus pattersoni, Scyliorhinus ptychtus, Scyliorhinus reyndersi, Scyliorhinus sulcidens, Scyliorhinus taylorensis, Scyliorhinus trifolius, Scyliorhinus weemsi, Scyliorhinus woodwardi
Type specimen: NHMW/2023/0141/0004, a tooth. Its type locality is Waidach, near Nussdorf, horizon 8, which is in a Danian carbonate marl in the Oiching Formation of Austria.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Austria (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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