Pristiophorus suevicus Jaekel, 1890

Hovestadt, Dirk C. & Da Silva, Carlos M., 2025, A new chondrichthyan (Sharks and Rays) Fossil Assemblage from the Miocene Cacela Fm. at Albufeira (Algarve, Portugal) with two new species: Palaeoecology and Biogeography, Zootaxa 5724 (1), pp. 1-66 : 33

Pristiophorus suevicus Jaekel, 1890

Plate 6, Figs 10a–c

* Pristiophorus suevicus Jaekel, 1890: 116 , pl. 3, figs 1, 2, pl. 4, fig. 1, pl. 5.

Pristiophorus suevicus Jaekel, 1890 — Joleaud 1907: 122.

Pristiophorus suevicus Jaekel, 1890 — Joleaud 1912: pl. 8, fig. 24.

Lepidopus ? sp.— Serralheiro 1954: 90, pl. 3, fig. 101, pl. 4, fig. 119.

Pristiophorus suevicus Jaekel, 1890 — Antunes & Jonet 1970: 214, pl. 20, figs 146–152.

Pristiophorus suevicus Jaekel, 1890 —Jonet 1970: 36, pl. 2, fig. 34.

Pristiophorus suevicus Jaekel, 1890 — Cappetta 2012: 143.

Pristiophorus suevicus Jaekel, 1890 — Schultz 2013: 32, pl. 4, figs 12a–c, 13a–b.

Pristiophorus suevicus Jaekel, 1890 —Pollerspöck & Baeury 2014: 27, pl. 1, fig. 6.

Material. One isolated rostral tooth. NHMW 2025 /0177/0019 ( 1 specimen) .

Description. The rostral tooth (Pl. 6, figs 10a–c) is approximately five times longer than wide. It has a cutting edge at the front and is rounded at the rear. The shape and lacking a serration on the frontal cutting edge is similar to that illustrated by Jaekel (1890: pl. 3, fig. 1).

Discussion. Although represented by a rostral tooth only, Pristiophorus suevicus Jaekel, 1890 is widely accepted. Oral teeth were not found.

Distribution. Lower Miocene: North Sea Basin, Germany (Pollerspöck & Baeury 2014), Paratethys, Austria ( Schultz 2013). Middle–Upper Miocene and mid-Pliocene: southern France ( Cappetta 1987).

Distribution in Portugal. Middle Miocene: (Langhian) Lower Tagus Basin ( Antunes & Jonet 1970). Upper Miocene: (Tortonian) Lower Tagus Basin ( Serralheiro 1954; Antunes & Jonet 1970); Algarve Basin, Cacela Fm. (this paper).