Centrodeania perchensis Feichtinger et al. 2025 (gulper shark)

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

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