Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Full reference: C. J. Underwood and D. J. Ward. 2004. Neoselachian sharks and rays from the British Bathonian (Middle Jurassic). Palaeontology 47(3):447-501
Parent taxon: Heterodontidae according to J. Kriwet et al. 2009
See also Underwood and Ward 2004
Sister taxa: Acrodonchus, Amacanthus, Centracion, Centrodus, Chalazacanthus, Drepanephorus, Echinodus, Gyropleurodus, Heterodontus, Hoplonchus, Hybodopsis, Lepracanthus, Lispacanthus, Paracestracion, Psilacanthus, Pycnacanthus, Rhabdiodus, Selachidea, Strongyliscus, Styracodus, Tropidodus
Subtaxa: Proheterodontus sylvestris
Type: Proheterodontus sylvestris
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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