Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
Full reference: R. J. Mutter. 1998. Zur systematischen Stellungh einiger Bezahnugsreste von Acrodus georgii sp. nov. (Selachii, Hybodontoidea) aus der Grenzbitumenzone (Mittlere Trias) des Monte San Giorgio (Kanton Tessin, Schweiz). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 91:513-519
Belongs to Acrodus according to R. J. Mutter 1998
Sister taxa: Acrodus acutus, Acrodus affinis, Acrodus alexandrae, Acrodus anningiae, Acrodus braunii, Acrodus cretaceus, Acrodus cuneocostatus, Acrodus dolloi, Acrodus emmonsi, Acrodus flemingianus, Acrodus gaillardoti, 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: PIMUZ T3926, a set of teeth. Its type locality is Cava Tre Fontane, minerale 15, Tessin collection, Monte San Giorgio, which is in an Illyrian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite in the Besano Formation of Switzerland.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Switzerland (9 collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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