Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
Full reference: R. Estes and B. Sanchíz. 1982. Early Cretaceous lower vertebrates from Galve (Teruel), Spain. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 2(1)
Belongs to Lonchidion according to J. Rees and C. Underwood 2002
See also Estes and Sanchíz 1982
Sister taxa: 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 monteschi, Lonchidion selachas, Lonchidion selachos, Lonchidion striatum, Lonchidion weltoni
Type specimen: MPT/I.G./5.240(1982), a tooth (lateral tooth). Its type locality is Yacimiento Herrero, which is in a Barremian lagoonal marl/siliciclastic in the El Castellar Formation of Spain.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Spain (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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