Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) Part 1 1-613
Belongs to Synechodus according to G. Guinot et al. 2013
See also Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Hybodus bronnii, Synechodus antiquus, Synechodus clarki, Synechodus dereki, Synechodus dubrisiensis, Synechodus duffini, Synechodus egertoni, Synechodus faxensis, Synechodus filipi, Synechodus incrementum, Synechodus kessleri, Synechodus lerichei, Synechodus levis, Synechodus multinodosus, Synechodus nitidus, Synechodus paludinensis, Synechodus plicatus, Synechodus prorogatus, Synechodus rhaeticus, Synechodus riegrafi, Synechodus seinstedtensis, Synechodus streitzi, Synechodus subulatus, Synechodus subulatus, Synechodus sulcatus, Synechodus triangulus, Synechodus turneri, Synechodus ungeri, Synechodus validus, Synechodus volaticus
Type specimen: BMNH 9297, a tooth. Its type locality is Rockhill Quarry, Maidstone Iguanodon, which is in an Aptian marine limestone in the Hythe Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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