Heteroptychodus Yabe and Obata 1930 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae

Parent taxon: Hybodontinae according to G. Cuny et al. 2010

See also Cappetta et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Crassodus, Hybodus, Meristodonoides, Planohybodus

Subtaxa: Heteroptychodus kokutensis Heteroptychodus steinmanni

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Japan (2 collections), Malaysia (1), Thailand (9)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Thailand (1)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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