A new Eocene shark from the London Clay of Essex

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A new Eocene shark from the London Clay of Essex

  • Volume / Part: 20 / 1
  • Publication Date: January 1977
  • Page(s): 195 - 202
  • Authored By: H. Cappetta and D. J. Ward

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Teeth of a new scyliorhinid shark Megascyliorhinus cooperi gen. nov., sp. nov. from the London Clay are described and compared with M. miocaenicus (Antunes and Jonet) a Mio-Pliocene species from France, Portugal, and Tunisia, previously referred to Rhincodon. It is suggested that the genus Megascyliorhinus inhabited fairly deep water.

Palaeontology - Volume 20 Part 1 Pages 195-202



Palaeontology - Volume 20 Part 1 Pages 195-202

Citations

CAPPETTA, H., WARD, D. J. 1977. A new Eocene shark from the London Clay of Essex. Palaeontology, 20, 1, 195–202.