Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
Full reference: G. Cuny, O. Rieppel, and P. M. Sander. 2001. The shark fauna from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) of north-western Nevada. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 133:285-301
Belongs to Acrodus according to G. Cuny et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Acrodus acutus, Acrodus affinis, Acrodus alexandrae, Acrodus anningiae, Acrodus braunii, Acrodus cretaceus, Acrodus dolloi, Acrodus emmonsi, Acrodus flemingianus, Acrodus gaillardoti, Acrodus georgii, Acrodus giedroyci, Acrodus hirudo, Acrodus humilis, Acrodus jaeckeli, Acrodus keuperinus, Acrodus lateralis, Acrodus nitidus, Acrodus nobilis, Acrodus olsoni, Acrodus oppenheimeri, Acrodus oreodontus, Acrodus paranense, Acrodus scaber, Acrodus spitzbergensis, Acrodus substriatus, Acrodus sweetlacruzensis, Acrodus transversus, Acrodus undulatus, Acrodus vermicularis, Acrodus vermiformis, Acrodus wempliae
Type specimen: Its type locality is Favret Canyon, Augusta Mountains, Bed HB 0, which is in a Bithynian offshore grainstone in the Favret Formation of Nevada
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of the Russian Federation (5 collections), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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