Articulated remains of the extinct shark Ptychodus (Elasmobranchii, Ptychodontidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Spain provide insights into gigantism, growth rate and life history of ptychodontid sharks

Patrick L. Jambura; Jürgen Kriwet

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0231544

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Articulated remains of the extinct shark Ptychodus (Elasmobranchii, Ptychodontidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Spain provide insights into gigantism, growth rate and life history of ptychodontid sharks

Patrick L. Jambura ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: patrick.jambura@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4765-5042

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Jürgen Kriwet

Roles Data curation, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6439-8455

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Articulated remains of the extinct shark Ptychodus (Elasmobranchii, Ptychodontidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Spain provide insights into gigantism, growth rate and life history of ptychodontid sharks

Patrick L. Jambura,
Jürgen Kriwet

Published: April 22, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231544

About the Authors

Patrick L. Jambura

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: patrick.jambura@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4765-5042

Jürgen Kriwet

Roles Data curation, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Palaeontology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6439-8455

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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