Chlamydoselachus goliath

Chlamydoselachus goliath is a species of large frilled shark that lived during the Late Campanian stage of the late Cretaceous in Angola's southern Benguela Basin.[1] It was described by Miguel Telles Antunes and Henri Cappetta in 2002 during the beginning stages of the PaleoAngola project.

Chlamydoselachus goliath
Temporal range: Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Hexanchiformes
Family: Chlamydoselachidae
Genus: Chlamydoselachus
Species:
C. goliath
Binomial name
Chlamydoselachus goliath
Antunes & Cappetta, 2002

The holotype named MUS ANG 23 is rather large, with the tooth fragment found alone measuring 20 mm.[2]

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