A catshark (Neoselachii, Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae) from the Late Jurassic of Germany |
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Authors: | Detlev Thies |
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Institution: | 1. Institut für Geologie und Pal?ontologie, Universit?t Hannover, Callinstr. 30, D-30167, Hannover, Germany
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Abstract: | A new genus and species of catshark (Neoselachii, Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae) —Bavariscyllium tischlingeri n. gen. n. sp. — is described from the Late Jurassic (Tithonian) Plattenkalke of South Germany. The new taxon is known from
a single articulated skeleton having the skull, the trunk and all of the fins preserved. The position of the first dorsal
fin in relation to the pelvic fins and the dental morphology shows that the specimen belongs into the neoselachian family
Scyliorhinidae. Two isolated tooth crowns from the Kimmeridgian of North Germany are identified asBavariscyllium sp. and represent the oldest unambigious fossil record of the Scyliorhinidae known so far. |
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