Chondrichthyes - Ctenacanthiformes - Ctenacanthidae
Full reference: M. Ginter, A. Ivanov, and O. Lebedev. 2005. The revision of "Cladodus" occidentalis, a late Palaeozoic ctenacanthiform shark. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50(3):623-631
Parent taxon: Ctenacanthidae according to J. P. M. Hodnett et al. 2012
See also Ginter et al. 2010 and Ginter et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Acondylacanthus, Anodontacanthus ruthenorum, Bythiacanthus, Cladodoides, Cladodus, Cratoselache, Ctenacanthus, Glymmatacanthus, Tamiobatis
Subtaxa: Glikmanius culmenis Glikmanius myachkovensis Glikmanius occidentalis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Japan (2 collections), Oman (20), United States (8: Arizona, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas, Wyoming)
• Carboniferous of the Russian Federation (2), United States (27: Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico)
Total: 59 collections including 72 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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