Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Homalodontidae

Synonym: Wapitiodus Mutter et al. 2007 [replaced name]

Full reference: R. J. Mutter, A. G. Neuman, and K. Blanger. 2008. Homalodontus nom. nov., a replacement name for Wapitiodus Mutter, de Blanger and Neuman, 2007 (Homalodontidae nom. nov., ? Hybodontoidea), preoccupied by Wapitiodus Orchard, 2005. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 154:419-420

Parent taxon: Homalodontidae according to A. G. Neuman 2015

See also Mutter et al. 2007 and Mutter et al. 2008

Sister taxon: Prolatodon

Subtaxa: Homalodontus aplopagus Homalodontus homalorhizo

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Type: Wapitiodus aplopagus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Wapiti Lake (Triassic of British Columbia)

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