Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes

Full reference: I. Fuchs, A. Engelbrecht, A. Lukeneder and J. Kriwet. 2018. New Early Cretaceous sharks (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from deep-water deposits of Austria. Cretaceous Research 84:245-257

Parent taxon: Carcharhiniformes according to I. Fuchs et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Altusmirus, Carcharhinidae, Corysodon, Florenceodontidae, Galeocerdonidae, Hemigaleidae, Leptochariidae, Pentanchidae, Platyrhizodon, Proscylliidae, Pseudoscyliorhinidae, Pseudotriakidae, Pterolamiops, Scyliorhinidae, Sphyrnidae, Triakidae

Subtaxa: Fornicatus austriacus

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Type: Fornicatus austriacus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Klausrieglerbach 1-A ravine (KB1-A)

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