First fossil record (Middle Miocene) of the viper shark Trigonognathus Mochizuki and Ohe, 1990, in the Mediterranean realm

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This work was partially funded by project PID2020-117373GA-I00 of the Ministry of Science and Innovation. The authors wish to especially thank O. Aguilera, the Universidad Experimental Francisco de Miranda, and Paleontological Institute and Museum at the University of Zurich for their valuable assistance and for access to comparative material; and to P. C. J. Donoghue (University of Bristol) for allowing us to scan our specimens at the Paul Scherrer Institute of Switzerland. The materials studied herein were collected under the project 2018/0820-A of the Conselleria d’Educació, Investigació, Cultura i Esport (Valencia, Spain). We also thank the reviewers and editorial team for their constructive suggestions that allowed the improvement of the manuscript.

Author contributions: JLH, JDCB, and CMP conceived the study; JLH, JDCB, and CMP conducted the fieldwork, JLH, JDCB, SA, and CMP identified the specimens; JLH led the writing with assistance from HGF, JDCB, SA, HB, and CMP.

Data availability: All fossil remains described in this work are deposited at the Museu de la Universitat de València d’Història Natural.