Synechodus egertoni Woodward 1889 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae

Alternative combination: Palaeospinax egertoni

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 C. J. Duffin and D. J. Ward 1993

See also Maisey 1977

Sister taxa: Hybodus bronnii, Synechodus antiquus, Synechodus clarki, Synechodus dereki, Synechodus dubrisiensis, Synechodus duffini, 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 tenuis, Synechodus triangulus, Synechodus turneri, Synechodus ungeri, Synechodus validus, Synechodus volaticus

Type specimen: BMNH P.1132, a partial skull. Its type locality is Ohmden, Würtemberg (Egerton coll), which is in a Toarcian marine siliciclastic in Germany.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ohmden, Würtemberg (Egerton coll)

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