Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Centrophoridae
Full reference: I. Feichtinger, B. Beaury, S. Ćorić, N. Straube, M. Harzhauser, M. Kranner, G. Auer, G. Guinot, and J. Pollerspöck. 2025. A new deep-marine elasmobranch fauna from the Late Cretaceous of Bergen (Bavaria, Germany) dominated by squaliform sharks. PalZ 99:71-93
Belongs to Centrodeania according to I. Feichtinger et al. 2025
Sister taxa: Centrodeania annae, Centrodeania rugosa
Type specimen: NHMW-Geo-2024/0095/0003, a tooth. Its type locality is Oberwaldgraben, horizon A5, which is in a Maastrichtian marine marl in the Gerhartsreit Formation of Germany.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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