Archaeogracilidens macer Quenstedt 1851 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Hexanchiformes - Orthacodidae

Alternative combination: Oxyrhina macer

Synonyms: Orthacodus nitidus Wagner 1861, Oxyrhina ornati Quenstedt 1851, Sphenodus nitidus Wagner 1862

Belongs to Archaeogracilidens according to E. Villalobos-Segura et al. 2025

See also de Beaumont 1960 and Guinot et al. 2014

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (1 collection)

• Jurassic of France (1), Germany (5)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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