Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (15me, 16me livraison) 157-390
Belongs to Acrodus according to D. Delsate and C. J. Duffin 1993
See also Agassiz 1843, Casier 1959, Day 1864 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Acrodus acutus, Acrodus affinis, Acrodus alexandrae, Acrodus braunii, Acrodus cretaceus, Acrodus cuneocostatus, Acrodus dolloi, Acrodus emmonsi, Acrodus flemingianus, Acrodus gaillardoti, Acrodus georgii, Acrodus giedroyci, Acrodus hirudo, Acrodus humilis, Acrodus jaeckeli, Acrodus keuperinus, Acrodus lateralis, Acrodus nitidus, Acrodus nobilis, Acrodus olsoni, Acrodus oppenheimeri, Acrodus oreodontus, Acrodus paranense, Acrodus scaber, Acrodus spitzbergensis, Acrodus substriatus, Acrodus sweetlacruzensis, Acrodus transversus, Acrodus undulatus, Acrodus vermicularis, Acrodus vermiformis, Acrodus wempliae
Type specimen: BMNH P.2731, a set of teeth. Its type locality is Lyme Regis, Enniskillen collection, which is in a Sinemurian marine horizon in the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Belgium (3 collections), the United Kingdom (4)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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