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 2023-12-06.

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	NHMD167397
Country	Greenland
Locality	Thomasbræ, Skeldal, Scoresby Land

Class	Elasmobranchii (Elasmobranch)
Family	Ctenacanthidae
Genus	Ctenacanthus

Institution Code	NHMD
Institution ID	https://ror.org/040ck2b86
Collection code	VP
Collection Type	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
Occurrence ID	034b1922-d82d-48f7-86b4-40e87a1228db
Ocurrence Status	PRESENT
Catalogue Number	NHMD167397
Alternative Catalogue Numbers	Pc239
Continent	NORTH_AMERICA
Country	Greenland
State	Northeast Greenland National Park
Country code	GL
Locality	Thomasbræ, Skeldal, Scoresby Land
Station/Category	Orig. label: "Skeldal, Thomasbrae. N. Scoresby L."
Collector Names	Bierther
Prep Type	specimen in matrix - 1
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Elasmobranchii
Family	Ctenacanthidae
Genus	Ctenacanthus
Preferred Taxon	Ctenacanthus Agassiz, 1835
Taxon Rank	GENUS
Modified	2017-08-30
Record License	CC BY-NC 4.0
Rightsholder	Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen

Identification ID	a6bc2735-a0ec-4419-ac26-46dba5266ffa
Taxon	Ctenacanthus

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Ctenacanthus Agassiz, 1835

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