Chlamydoselachus garmani
Appearance
Chlamydoselachus garmani Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Hexanchiformes |
Family: | Chlamydoselachidae |
Genus: | Chlamydoselachus |
Species: | C. garmani
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Binomial name | |
Chlamydoselachus garmani Welton, 1983
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Chlamydoselachus garmani is an extinct species of large frilled shark from the Miocene. Fossils have been found in Germany.[1]
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]
References
- ^ Pfeil, F. H. (1983). "Zahnmorphologische Untersuchungen an rezenten und fossilen Haien der Ordnungen Chlamydoselachiformes und Echinorhiniformes". Palaeoichthyologica. 1: 1–315.
- ^ "Chlamydoselachus garmani WELTON IN PFEIL, 1983". SharkReference.com.