†Palaeorhincodon fialhoi Landau et al. 2025 (carpet shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Rhinocodontidae
Full reference: B. M. Landau, D. C. Hovestadt, and C. M. Silva. 2025. A new chondrichthyan (Sharks and Rays) Fossil Assemblage from the Miocene Cacela Fm. at Albufeira (Algarve, Portugal) with two new species: Palaeoecology and Biogeography. Zootaxa 5724(1):1-66
Belongs to Palaeorhincodon according to B. M. Landau et al. 2025
Sister taxa: Palaeorhincodon daouii, Palaeorhincodon dartevellei, Palaeorhincodon wardi
Type specimen: NHMW 2025/0177/0027, a set of teeth
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Leixão dos Alhos (Miocene of Portugal)
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