Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
Synonyms: Acrodus arietis Quenstedt 1858, Acrodus gibberulus Agassiz 1839, Acrodus latus Agassiz 1839
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1837. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (8me, 9me livraison) viii-72
Belongs to Acrodus according to Y. Lepage et al. 2011
See also Agassiz 1837, Agassiz 1838, Agassiz 1839, Agassiz 1843, Agassiz 1843, Casier 1959, Henry 1876, Kindlimann 1990, Maisey 1987, Woodward 1889 and Woodward 1916
Sister taxa: Acrodus acutus, Acrodus affinis, Acrodus alexandrae, Acrodus anningiae, Acrodus braunii, Acrodus cretaceus, Acrodus cuneocostatus, Acrodus dolloi, Acrodus emmonsi, Acrodus flemingianus, Acrodus gaillardoti, Acrodus georgii, Acrodus giedroyci, Acrodus hirudo, Acrodus humilis, Acrodus jaeckeli, Acrodus keuperinus, Acrodus lateralis, Acrodus nitidus, Acrodus olsoni, Acrodus oppenheimeri, Acrodus oreodontus, Acrodus paranense, Acrodus scaber, Acrodus spitzbergensis, Acrodus substriatus, Acrodus sweetlacruzensis, Acrodus transversus, Acrodus undulatus, Acrodus vermicularis, Acrodus vermiformis, Acrodus wempliae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Belgium (2 collections), France (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (4)
• Triassic of France (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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