†Pseudoscapanorhynchus compressidens Herman 1977 (mackerel shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Pseudoscapanorhynchidae
Alternative combination: Protolamna compressidens
Synonym: Protolamna acuta Müller and Diedrich 1991
Belongs to Pseudoscapanorhynchus according to P. L. Jambura et al. 2024
See also Cappetta and Case 1999, Guinot et al. 2013, Herman 1979, Müller and Diedrich 1991 and Sokolskyi and Guinot 2021
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (5 collections), Germany (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Ukraine (4), the United Kingdom (4), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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