Paracestracion sarstedensis Thies 1983

Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae

Alternative combination: Heterodontus sarstedtensis

Full reference: D. Thies. 1983. Jurazeitliche Neoselachier aus Deutschland und S-England (Jurassic neoselachians from German and S-England). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 58:1-116

Belongs to Paracestracion according to D. Delsate and R. Weis 2010

See also Kriwet 2008 and Thies 1983

Sister taxa: Paracestracion bellis, Paracestracion falcifer, Paracestracion pectinatus, Paracestracion viohli

Type specimen: SMF 7126, a set of teeth. Its type locality is Moorberg, near Hannover, which is in an Aalenian marine horizon in Germany.

Distribution: found only at Moorberg, near Hannover

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