Triakis kelleri Hovestadt and Hovestadt-Euler 2002 (hound shark)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae

Full reference: D. C. Hovestadt and M. Hovestadt-Euler. 2002. The remains of a carcharhinid shark with a new triakid species in its digestive tract from the Oligocene of Germany. Tertiary Research 21:171-182

Belongs to Triakis according to D. C. Hovestadt and M. Hovestadt-Euler 2002

Sister taxa: Triakis antunesi, Triakis beali, Triakis chalossensis, Triakis costamagnai, Triakis muelleri, Triakis rutimeyeri, Triakis semifasciata, Triakis tanoutensis, Triakis wardi

Type specimen: HLMD-SMFF 142, a skeleton

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Frauenweiler (Oligocene of Germany)

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