Lonchidion Estes 1964 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae

Synonym: Priscavolucris Gomez Pallerola 1979

Full reference: R. Estes. 1964. Fossil vertebrates from the Late Cretaceous Lance Formation, eastern Wyoming. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 49:1-187

Parent taxon: Lonchidiidae according to E. Manzanares et al. 2017

See also Armstrong-Ziegler 1978, Bourdon et al. 2011, Cappetta and Case 1975, Cicimurri et al. 2014, Duffin 1981, Duncan 2004, Estes 1964, Estes and Berberian 1970, Gomez Pallerola 1985, Heckert 2004, Herman 1977, Irmis 2005, Maisey 1987, Murry 1981, Rees and Underwood 2002, Rees and Underwood 2008, Suarez et al. 2021, Thurmond 1971, Underwood and Rees 2002 and Yadagiri 1986

Sister taxa: Dabasacanthus, Diabodus, Gansuselache, Hylaeobatis, Isanodus, Jiaodontus, Luopingselache, Parvodus, Vectiselachos

Subtaxa: Lonchidion anitae Lonchidion babulskii Lonchidion breve Lonchidion crenulatum Lonchidion delsatei Lonchidion derenzii Lonchidion ferganensis Lonchidion griffisi Lonchidion humblei Lonchidion indicus Lonchidion inflexum Lonchidion khoratensis Lonchidion marocensis Lonchidion microselachos Lonchidion monteschi Lonchidion selachas Lonchidion selachos Lonchidion striatum Lonchidion weltoni

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (5: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), Germany (1), Malaysia (1), Spain (5), Thailand (1), the United Kingdom (15), United States (92: Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Morocco (4)

• Jurassic of India (2), Tanzania (1)

• Triassic of Germany (1), Spain (1), United States (9: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas)

Total: 138 collections including 148 occurrences

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