Lindow B (2024). NHMD Vertebrate Paleontology Collection. Natural History Museum of Denmark. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/yenbn7 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-03-28.

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	NHMD166615
Country	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Locality	England

Class	Elasmobranchii (Elasmobranch)
Order	Lamniformes (Mackerel shark)
Family	Mitsukurinidae (Goblin shark)
Genus	Scapanorhynchus

Institution Code	NHMD
Institution ID	https://ror.org/040ck2b86
Collection code	VP
Collection Type	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
Occurrence ID	744fc24d-2cad-4298-aa4a-223cafdcbf3c
Ocurrence Status	PRESENT
Catalogue Number	NHMD166615
Alternative Catalogue Numbers	MMH 1910.23
Continent	EUROPE
Country	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
State	England
Country code	GB
Locality	England
Station/Category	"Beer Devon. England"
Collector Names	Faber , H.
Prep Type	specimen in matrix
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Elasmobranchii
Order	Lamniformes
Family	Mitsukurinidae
Genus	Scapanorhynchus
Preferred Taxon	Scapanorhynchus subulatus (Agassiz, 1843)
Taxon Rank	SPECIES
Modified	2017-08-24
Record License	CC BY-NC 4.0
Rightsholder	Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen

Identification ID	a429a9b7-143e-4a7c-9a4a-e0d18ae17578
Taxon	Scapanorhynchus subulatus

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Scapanorhynchus subulatus (Agassiz, 1843)

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