Chondrichthyes - Cochliodontiformes - Psephodontidae
Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) Part 1 1-613
Belongs to Psephodus according to A. S. Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Psephodus crenulatus, Psephodus depressus, Psephodus dubius, Psephodus indicus, Psephodus latus, Psephodus levissimus, Psephodus lunulatus, Psephodus magnus, Psephodus obliquus, Psephodus placenta, Psephodus politus, Psephodus regularis, Psephodus reticulatus, Psephodus symmetricus
Type specimen: BMNH 42189 (upper dental plate). Its type locality is Oreton, Shropshire (BMNH), which is in a Mississippian marine limestone in the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Oreton, Shropshire (BMNH)
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