Lindow B (2023). NHMD Vertebrate Paleontology Collection. Natural History Museum of Denmark. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/yenbn7 accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-12-07.

The Vertebrate Paleontology collection comprises some 18,000 specimens from the Cambrian period (541 million years ago) and until the Quaternary period (2.6 million years ago). They are predominantly agnathans (Agnatha, jawless fish), placoderms (Placodermi, armored fish), acanthodians (Acanthodii), elasmobranchs (Elasmobranchii, sharks and rays), actinopterygians (Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish), dipnoids (Dipnoi, lung fish), and porolepiformes, osteolepiformes and coelacanths (lobe-finned fish). They mainly derive from deposits in North and East Greenland and Denmark.
The collection also houses the very important early tetrapod fossils (early four-legged vertebrates) from late Devonian deposits in East Greenland; late Triassic vertebrates from east Greenland (dinosaurs, phytosaurs, and mammals); and a large collection of ray-finned fish with some birds and turtles from the earliest Eocene marine diatomite deposits of the Limfjord area in Jutland, Denmark.
Den vertebratpalæontologiske samling omfatter lidt over 18.000 fossile stykker af forhistoriske hvirveldyr fra Kambrium (541 millioner år siden) og indtil Kvartær (2,6 millioner år siden). Det er fortrinsvis fossiler af kæbeløse fisk (Agnatha), panserfisk (Placodermi), ”piggede hajer” (Acanthodii), hajer og rokker (Elasmobranchii), strålefinnede fisk (Actinopterygii), lungefisk (Dipnoi), og kvastfinnede fisk (Porolepiformes, Osteolepiformes og Coelacanthiformes). Fossilerne stammer hovedsageligt fra aflejringer i Nord- og Østgrønland og Denmark.
Samlingen huser også de internationalt videnskabeligt vigtige tidlige “firbenede fisk” fra Sen Devon i Østgrønland; dinosaurer, skildpadder, phytosaurer og pattedyr fra Sen Trias i Østgrønland; og en stor samling af strålefinnede fisk og enkelte fugle og skildpadder fra de tidligt eocæne moleraflejringer i Limfjorden.

Catalogue Number	NHMD166266
Country	Germany
Locality	Strehlen, Dresden

Class	Elasmobranchii (Elasmobranch)
Order	Lamniformes (Mackerel shark)
Family	Lamnidae (Mackerel shark)
Genus	Squalicorax (Crow shark)

Institution Code	NHMD
Institution ID	https://ror.org/040ck2b86
Collection code	VP
Collection Type	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
Occurrence ID	f7fd12c7-45ae-44e9-ac33-db6751353fa2
Ocurrence Status	PRESENT
Catalogue Number	NHMD166266
Continent	EUROPE
Country	Germany
State	Freistaat Sachsen
Country code	DE
Locality	Strehlen, Dresden
Station/Category	Orig. label: "Strehlen"
Prep Type	specimen in matrix - 2
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Elasmobranchii
Order	Lamniformes
Family	Lamnidae
Genus	Squalicorax
Preferred Taxon	Squalicorax pristodontus (Agassiz, 1835)
Taxon Rank	SPECIES
Modified	2017-08-22
Record License	CC BY-NC 4.0
Rightsholder	Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen

Identification ID	8425f8e4-f757-48f8-a39b-46d67e2c7e9f
Taxon	Squalicorax pristodontus

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Squalicorax pristodontus (Agassiz, 1835)

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Occurrences of Galeus pristodontus via the Global Biodiversity Information Facility

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