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  • Pseudorhina alifera (Münster, 1842)

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    Taxonomy

    Angelshark

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata Haeckel 1874
    Class: Chondrichthyes Huxley 1880
    Order: Squatiniformes Buen 1926
    Family: Pseudorhinidae Klug and Kriwet 2012
    Genus: Pseudorhina
    Species: Pseudorhina alifera
    Author Citation (Münster, 1842)

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Cenozoic
    Period: Jurassic
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Late
    International Age: Tithonian

    Stratigraphy

    Weissjura Group
    Altmühltal Formation

    Biostratigraphy

    Hybonoticeras hybonotum Zone
    Subplanites ruepellianus Zone

    Provenance

    Acquired by: Purchase/Trade

    Dimensions

    Length: 36 cm

    Location

    Sappenfeld
    Eichstätt (District)
    Bavaria (Province)
    Germany

    Comments

    Taxonomy from Klug & Kriwet, 2012.
    Alternative name: Squatina alifera
    References:
    Münster, G.G. (1842) Beschreibungen einiger neuen Fische in den lithographischen Schiefern von Bayern. Beiträge zur Petrefactenkunde, 5, 55–64.
    Underwood, C. J. (2002): Sharks, rays and a chimaeroid from the Kimmeridgian (Late Jurassic) of Ringstead, southern England. – Palaeontology, 45 (2): 297–325.
    Carvalho, Kriwet & Thies (2008): A systematic and anatomical revision of Late Jurassic angelsharks (Chondrichthyes: Squatinidae).
    Thies, D. & Leidner, A. (2011): Sharks and guitarfishes (Elasmobranchii) from the Late Jurassic of Europe. Palaeodiversity 4: 63–184; Stuttgart.
    Klug, S. and Kriwet, J. (2013): An offshore fish assemblage (Elasmobranchii, Actinopterygii) from the Late Jurassic of NE Spain. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 87(2):235-257.

     

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    FossilDAWG

    FossilDAWG

    Posted

    Wow! :default_faint:

    Don

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    RJB

    Thats one dang cool fish!

     

    RB

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    oilshale

    Thank you, this is one of my favorite fish in my collection.

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    Anthony2010

    Anthony2010

    Posted

    Were did you find this one

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    oilshale

    oilshale

    Posted

    The fish comes from Sappenfeld - unfortunately the quarry has been closed for several decades. Incidentally, an Archaeopteryx was also found in the neighboring quarry in Workerszell, not so far away from Solnhofen.

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