Crassodus Maisch and Matzke 2016 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae

Full reference: M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke. 2016. A new hybodontid shark (Chondrichthyes, Hybodontiformes) from the Lower Jurassic Posidonienschiefer Formation of Dotternhausen, SW Germany. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 280:241-257

Parent taxon: Hybodontinae according to M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke 2016

Sister taxa: Heteroptychodus, Hybodus, Meristodonoides, Planohybodus

Subtaxa: Crassodus reifi

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Type: Crassodus reifi

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Old Ölschiefer-quarry, Holcim Süd-AG, Dotternhausen (Inoceramenbank) (Jurassic of Germany)

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