Biology:Proteothrinax

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Short description: Extinct genus of sharks


Proteothrinax baumgartneri
Scientific classification
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Chondrichthyes
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Genus:
Proteothrinax

Pfeil, 2012
Species:
P. baumgartneri
Binomial name
Proteothrinax baumgartneri
(Pfeil, 1983)
Synonyms

Thrinax Pfeil, 1983 non Thrinax Konow, 1885

Proteothrinax baumgartneri is an extinct species of shark. It was classified based on two relatively complete teeth and two isolated crowns, described from the Eocene (Lutetian) Weitwies Subformation in Austria.[1] Due to the limited material available and its similarities to Chlamydoselachus fiedleri, it has been suggested that the criteria with which P. baumgartneri is separated from Chlamydoselachus fiedleri are within the normal variation of Chlamydoselachus.[2] This would therefore make P. baumgartneri a junior synonym to Chlamydoselachus fiedleri and, since there is only one identified species within genus Proteothrinax, the whole genus a junior synonym to Chlamydoselachus.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15709159 entry