Hopleacanthus richelsdorfensis Schaumberg 1982 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Euselachii

Full reference: G. Schaumberg. 1982. Hopleacanthus richelsdorfensis n g n sp, ein Euselachier aus dem permischen Kupferschiefer von Hessen (W-Deutschland). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 56(3/4):235-257

Belongs to Hopleacanthus according to G. Schaumberg 1982

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Wolfsberg pit, Bad Hersfeld, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine siliciclastic in the Kupferschiefer Formation of Germany

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Wolfsberg pit, Bad Hersfeld

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