Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
Alternative combinations: Asteracanthus shastensis, Strophodus shastensis
Full reference: H. C. Bryant. 1914. Teeth of a cestraciont shark from the Upper Triassic of northern California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 8(3):27-30
Belongs to Palaeobates according to O. Rieppel et al. 1996
See also Bryant 1914 and Jordan and Hanibal 1923
Sister taxa: Palaeobates angustissimus, Palaeobates polaris, Palaeobates reticulatus
Type specimen: UCMP 20041, a tooth
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (2: California, Nevada collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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