HPCF II quarry (geslinianum zone): Late Cenomanian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Pseudoscyliorhinidae
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Diprosopovenator hilperti n. gen., n. sp.
Stumpf et al. 2019
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Lower Saxony | County: | Hanover |
| Coordinates: | 52.4° North, 9.9° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.5° North, 9.7° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Late Cenomanian | Ammonoid zone: | Metoicoceras geslinianum |
| Age range of interval: | 100.5 - 93.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Hesseltal |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 210062 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-05-18 16:06:14 | Last modified: | 2021-09-01 23:08:13 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-05-18 16:06:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 72417. | S. Stumpf, U. Scheer, and J. Kriwet. 2019. A new genus and species of extinct ground shark, †Diprosopovenator hilperti, gen. et sp. nov. (Carcharhiniformes, †Pseudoscyliorhinidae, fam. nov.), from the Upper Cretaceous of Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39(2):e1593185 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Clapham] |