Vectiselachos Rees and Underwood 2002 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae

Full reference: J. Rees and C. Underwood. 2002. The status of the shark genus Lissodus Brough, 1935, and the position of nominal Lissodus species within the Hybodontoidea (Selachii). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3):471-479

Parent taxon: Lonchidiidae according to J. Rees and C. Underwood 2002

Sister taxa: Dabasacanthus, Diabodus, Gansuselache, Hylaeobatis, Isanodus, Jiaodontus, Lonchidion, Luopingselache, Parvodus

Subtaxa: Vectiselachos ornatus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Vectiselachos in the database

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