Gladbachus is a possibleIRMNG (2021). Gladbachus Heidtke & Krätschmer, 2001 †. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1169616 on 7 August 2024Gladbachus Heidtke & Krätschmer, 2001 in GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 7 August 2024. genus of extinct chondrichthyan from the Middle Devonian Lower Plattenkalk of Germany.
Discovery and naming The holotype, UMZC 2000.32, was discovered in the Lower Plattenkalk of Unterthal, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany and it consists of a partial skull which has been compressed. Gladbachus adentatus was named and described by Heidtke & Krätschmer (2001).
The holotype was redescribed by Coates et al. (2018).
Description Gladbachus has been estimated to reach around long when fully grown.
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