Macrorhizodus nolfi Zhelezko 1999 (mackerel shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

Full reference: V. I. Zhelezko. 1999. Taxonomic names, in Elasmobranchii and Palaeogene biostratigraphy of Trans Urals and central Asia. Materials on the Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Urals 3:1-323

Belongs to Macrorhizodus according to A. W. Carlsen and G. Cuny 2014

See also Zhelezko 1999

Sister taxa: Macrorhizodus americanus, Macrorhizodus falcata, Macrorhizodus praecursor

Type specimen: Zh-Ak4/E8, a tooth

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at SE coast of Trelde Næs (surface collection) (Eocene to Eocene of Denmark)

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