Polyacrodus pyramidalis Stensiö 1921 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae

Full reference: E. A. Stensiö. 1921. Triassic Fishes from Spitzbergen, Part I 1-307

Belongs to Polyacrodus according to E. A. Stensiö 1921

Sister taxa: Polyacrodus brevicostatus, Polyacrodus claveringensis, Polyacrodus cloacinus, Polyacrodus heterodon, Polyacrodus illingworthi, Polyacrodus jiangxiensis, Polyacrodus krafti, Polyacrodus lapalomensis, Polyacrodus maiseyi, Polyacrodus minimus, Polyacrodus parvidens, Polyacrodus polycyphus, Polyacrodus ritchiei, Polyacrodus tiandongensis, Polyacrodus tregoi, Polyacrodus tuberculatus, Polyacrodus wichitaensis, Polyacrodus zideki

Type specimen: Its type locality is 263m Above Fish Level, Mt. Bertil, which is in a Carnian marine siliciclastic in Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at 263m Above Fish Level, Mt. Bertil

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