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Xenacanthid shark teeth in Middle Devonian limestones of the Rhenish Schiefergebirge, West Germany

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Rüdiger Stritzke
Rüdiger Stritzke*
Affiliation:
Geologisches Landesamt Nordrhein-Westfalen, De-Greiff-Strasse 195, 4150 Krefeld, West Germany
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During investigations in the Rhenish Schiefergebirge, West Germany, concerning the Devonian biostratigraphy of forereef limestones in the Brilon area (Figure 1) several diplodont teeth of fossil sharks were discovered by chance. Remains of xenacanthid teeth from marine Givetian beds are rare. They have been described by Hotton (1952) of probable Givetian/Frasnian age from North America, by Gross (1973) from Middle Devonian Hunsrück Shales, and by Young (1982) from Middle/Upper Devonian strata of Australia and Antarctica.

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Paleontological Notes
Information
Journal of Paleontology , Volume 60 , Issue 5 , September 1986 , pp. 1134 - 1135
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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References

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