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A Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian–early Tithonian) fish fauna of the Eperkés-hegy (Olaszfalu, Bakony Mts., Hungary): the oldest record of Notidanodon Cappetta, 1975 and a short revision of Mesozoic Hexanchidae

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The first results of the investigation of the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian–early Tithonian) fish fauna from the fossil-rich Pálihálás Limestone Formation (“Long trench”, Eperkés-hegy, Olaszfalu, Hungary) are detailed here. The present study provides the first systematic faunal data of a Jurassic marine fish community from the Transdanubian Mountains. The low-diversity neoselachian fauna includes Notidanodon sp., Sphenodus sp., and indeterminate synechodontiform, possible indeterminate scyliorhinids, and further, yet indeterminate forms. Actinopterygians are represented by Caturus sp. and indeterminate actinopterygian teeth and scales. The Olaszfalu hexanchid is the most similar to Notidanodon lanceolatus; however, specific determination is not possible. The Olaszfalu record is the second Jurassic (and also the earliest) report of the genus Notidanodon, which re-dates the earliest occurrence of Hexanchidae back into the boundary of the Kimmeridgian–early Tithonian.

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I am grateful to both reviewers Jürgen Kriwet and Gilles Cuny, for their helpful and constructive comments. A very special thanks goes to James V. Andrews for linguistic improvements of the manuscript. I am especially grateful to Bálint Szappanos, who collected and donated the best preserved Olaszfalu Notidanodon tooth. Charles J. Underwood and Jürgen Pollerspöck are acknowledged for their useful comments and also for providing literature. István Főzy is thanked for the constructive discussions about the geology of the depositional area. I also thank Krisztina Buczkó for her help in scanning electron microscopic photography, and Réka Kalmár for her technical assitance. Krisztina Sebe (University of Pécs) is acknowledged for allowing me to study earlier collected Olaszfalu shark teeth, deposited in the collection of the University of Pécs.

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This study was largely funded by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (OTKA – K116665, K123762 and PD 104937), the Hungarian Natural History Museum, the Eötvös Loránd University and the ELTE Dinosaur Research Group.

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Szabó, M. A Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian–early Tithonian) fish fauna of the Eperkés-hegy (Olaszfalu, Bakony Mts., Hungary): the oldest record of Notidanodon Cappetta, 1975 and a short revision of Mesozoic Hexanchidae. Palaeobio Palaeoenv 100, 151–170 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12549-018-00368-x

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