Chlamydoselachus garmani

Chlamydoselachus garmani is an extinct species of large frilled shark from the Miocene. Fossils have been found in Germany.[1]

Chlamydoselachus garmani
Temporal range: Neogene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Hexanchiformes
Family: Chlamydoselachidae
Genus: Chlamydoselachus
Species:
C. garmani
Binomial name
Chlamydoselachus garmani
Welton, 1983

Description

The teeth of Chlamydoselachus garmani are almost twice the size of the extant C. anguineus and its roots meso-distally broad and labio-lingually short.[2]

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References

  1. Pfeil, F. H. (1983). "Zahnmorphologische Untersuchungen an rezenten und fossilen Haien der Ordnungen Chlamydoselachiformes und Echinorhiniformes". Palaeoichthyologica. 1: 1โ€“315.
  2. "Chlamydoselachus garmani WELTON IN PFEIL, 1983". SharkReference.com.


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