Duffinselache

Name: Duffinselache ‭(‬Duffin’s scale‭)‬.
Phonetic: Duf-fin-sel-ah-kay.
Named By: Plamen S.‭ ‬Andreev‭ & ‬Gilles Cuny‭ ‬-‭ ‬2012.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Chondrichthyes,‭ ‬Selachimorpha.
Species: D.‭ ‬holwellensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: England.
Time period: Rhaetian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.

       Duffinselache is an extinct genus of shark that is known to have swum in the waters around what is now England during the late Triassic.

Further reading
-‭ ‬New Triassic stem selachimorphs‭ (‬Chondrichthyes,‭ ‬Elasmobranchii‭) ‬and their bearing on the evolution of dental enameloid in Neoselachii.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology‭ ‬32‭ (‬2‭)‬:‭ ‬255‭–‬266.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Plamen S.‭ ‬Andreev‭ & ‬Gilles Cuny‭ ‬-‭ ‬2012.

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