Gyropleurodus Gill 1862 (bullhead shark)

Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae

Parent taxon: Heterodontidae according to D. S. Jordan 1963

See also Jordan and Hanibal 1923

Sister taxa: Acrodonchus, Amacanthus, Centracion, Centrodus, Chalazacanthus, Drepanephorus, Echinodus, Heterodontus, Hoplonchus, Hybodopsis, Lepracanthus, Lispacanthus, Paracestracion, Proheterodontus, Psilacanthus, Pycnacanthus, Rhabdiodus, Selachidea, Strongyliscus, Styracodus, Tropidodus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Uzbekistan (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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