First shark record (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Paleogene of Spitsbergen, Svalbard
This is a short report about the first Cenozoic shark fossil from Svalbard.The specimen derives from the late Paleocene greenish sandstone of the Grumantbyen Formation, which is exposed in Fossildalen on the western side of Colesbukta on Spitsbergen.The single snoop snacks tooth is assigned to the Paleogene ferrofish a32pro sand tiger shark genus S