Synechodus kessleri Sokolskyi and Guinot 2021 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae

Alternative combination: Hybodus kessleri

Full reference: T. Sokolskyi and G. Guinot. 2021. Elasmobranch (Chondrichthyes) assemblages from the Albian (Lower Cretaceous) of Ukraine. Cretaceous Research 117(104603)

Belongs to Synechodus according to T. Sokolskyi and G. Guinot 2021

Sister taxa: Hybodus bronnii, Synechodus antiquus, Synechodus clarki, Synechodus dereki, Synechodus dubrisiensis, Synechodus duffini, Synechodus egertoni, Synechodus faxensis, Synechodus filipi, Synechodus incrementum, Synechodus lerichei, Synechodus levis, Synechodus multinodosus, Synechodus nitidus, Synechodus paludinensis, Synechodus plicatus, Synechodus prorogatus, Synechodus rhaeticus, Synechodus riegrafi, Synechodus rotheliusi, Synechodus seinstedtensis, Synechodus streitzi, Synechodus subulatus, Synechodus subulatus, Synechodus sulcatus, Synechodus tenuis, Synechodus triangulus, Synechodus turneri, Synechodus ungeri, Synechodus validus, Synechodus volaticus

Type specimen: NNPM 391-10, a tooth

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Melanchyn potik, Layer C (Cretaceous of Ukraine)

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