Synechodus seinstedtensis Thies et al. 2014 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae

Full reference: D. Thies, J. Vespermann, and J. Solcher. 2014. Two new neoselachian sharks (Elasmobranchii, Neoselachii, Synechodontiformes) from the Rhaetian (Late Triassic) of Europe. Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaeozoology - Stratigraphy 303:137-167

Belongs to Synechodus according to D. Thies et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Hybodus bronnii, Synechodus antiquus, Synechodus clarki, Synechodus dereki, Synechodus dubrisiensis, Synechodus duffini, Synechodus egertoni, Synechodus faxensis, Synechodus filipi, Synechodus incrementum, Synechodus kessleri, Synechodus lerichei, Synechodus levis, Synechodus multinodosus, Synechodus nitidus, Synechodus paludinensis, Synechodus plicatus, Synechodus prorogatus, Synechodus rhaeticus, Synechodus riegrafi, Synechodus rotheliusi, Synechodus streitzi, Synechodus subulatus, Synechodus subulatus, Synechodus sulcatus, Synechodus tenuis, Synechodus triangulus, Synechodus turneri, Synechodus ungeri, Synechodus validus, Synechodus volaticus

Type specimen: NKP 3964, a tooth. Its type locality is Fuchsberg bone bed, Outcrop F13, Seinstedt, which is in a Rhaetian marine sandstone in Germany.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Fuchsberg bone bed, Outcrop F13, Seinstedt

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