Grozonodon

Grozonodon
Temporal range: Norian–Rhaetian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Genus: Grozonodon
Species:
G. candaui
Binomial name
Grozonodon candaui
Cuny et al., 1998

Grozonodon is an extinct monotypic genus of elasmobranchian that lived during the Norian and Rhaetian stages of the Late Triassic epoch.

Etymology

The generic name Grozonodon is derived from the name of the type locality Grozon, where the holotype of the genus was found, and the Greek word -odon, meaning tooth. The specific epithet of the type species, Grozonodon candaui, honours Marianne Candau, who volunteered for five years for palaeontological work in the Jura area where the fossil was found.

Distribution

Fossils of G. candaui are known from Germany and from France.

References

  1. ↑ "Grozonodon". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 20 September 2026.
  2. ↑ "Grozonodon candaui". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 20 September 2026.
  3. 1 2 Cuny, Gilles; Martin, Michel; Rauscher, Raymond; Mazin, Jean-Michel (September 1998). "A new neoselachian shark from the Upper Triassic of Grozon (Jura, France)". Geological Magazine. 135 (5): 657–668. doi:10.1017/S0016756898001435. ISSN 0016-7568. Retrieved 20 September 2026 – via Cambridge Core.
  4. ↑ Vida, Thomas P.; Kriwet, Jürgen; Martin, Thomas (9 October 2025). "A taxonomic and paleoecological review of the Rhaetian chondrichthyan fauna of Bonenburg (NRW) Germany". PalZ. 99 (4): 503–528. doi:10.1007/s12542-025-00744-x. ISSN 0031-0220. Retrieved 20 September 2026 – via Springer Nature Link.