Gladbachus
Extinct genus of cartilaginous fishes
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Gladbachus is a possible[2][3] genus of extinct chondrichthyan from the Middle Devonian Lower Plattenkalk of Germany.[4]
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Chondrichthyes
Order:incertae sedis
Genus:†Gladbachus
Heidtke & Krätschmer, 2001[1]
Heidtke & Krätschmer, 2001[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Gladbachus Heidtke & Krätschmer, 2001[1] |
| Species: | †G. adentatus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Gladbachus adentatus Heidtke & Krätschmer, 2001 | |
Discovery and naming
The holotype, UMZC 2000.32, was discovered in the Lower Plattenkalk of Unterthal, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany and it consists of a partial skull which has been compressed.[1][5] Gladbachus adentatus was named and described by Heidtke & Krätschmer (2001).[1]
The holotype was redescribed by Coates et al. (2018).[5]
Description
Gladbachus has been estimated to reach around 80 centimetres (31 in) long when fully grown.[5]
