Chondrichthyes - Psammodontiformes - Psammodontidae
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1834. Taxonomic names. Beitrag zu einer Monographie des Bunten Sandsteins, Muschelkalks und Keupers, und die Verbindung dieser Gebilde zu einer Formation 1-366
Parent taxon: Psammodontidae according to J. S. Nelson 2006
See also Hay 1902, Ingavat and Janvier 1981, Jordan 1963, Sepkoski 2002, Thurmond and Jones 1981 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Apodometes, Archaeobatis, Astrabodus, Dimyleus, Homalodus, Mazodus, Mylacodus, Mylax, Pinacodus, Pleurogomphus, Rhymodus
Subtaxa: Psammodus angularis Psammodus caelatus Psammodus canaliculatus Psammodus cornutus Psammodus crassidens Psammodus expansus Psammodus glyptus Psammodus grandis Psammodus longidens Psammodus lovianus Psammodus plenus Psammodus porosus Psammodus reticulatus Psammodus rugosus Psammodus salopiensis Psammodus springeri Psammodus trapeziformis Psammodus tumidus Psammodus turgidus Psammodus turgidus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Permian of Pakistan (1)
• Carboniferous of Egypt (1), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (3: Alabama, Montana)
Total: 13 collections including 16 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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