Hopleacanthus

Hopleacanthus; Temporal range: Permian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Restoration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Genus:	Hopleacanthus; Schaumberg, 1982

Hopleacanthus is a Permian genus of shark from the Kupferschiefer of Germany. ^[1] It has two smooth spines and it had abnormal teeth sockets, which suggests it didn't regrow teeth like other sharks. It's current size is unknown due to lack of genetic evidence. Its diet most likely consisted of small cephalopods and fish.

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References[edit]

^ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02988801
^ Schaumberg, Günther (December 1982). "Hopleacanthus richelsdorfensis n. g. n. sp., ein euselachier aus dem permischen kupferschiefer von hessen (w-deutschland)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 56 (3–4): 235–257. Bibcode:1982PalZ...56..235S. doi:10.1007/BF02988801. S2CID 128870189.

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[1] ttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02988801

[2] Schaumberg, Günther (December 1982). "Hopleacanthus richelsdorfensis n. g. n. sp., ein euselachier aus dem permischen kupferschiefer von hessen (w-deutschland)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 56 (3–4): 235–257. Bibcode:1982PalZ...56..235S. doi:10.1007/BF02988801. S2CID 128870189.

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