Lissodus weltoni section (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Crook County, Oregon (44.1° N, 119.7° W: paleocoordinates 44.6° N, 78.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. J. Duffin. 1985. Revision of the hybodont selachian genus Lissodus Brough (1935). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 188(4-6):105-152 [M. Bell/M. Bell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 149238: authorized by Mark Bell, entered by Mark Bell on 31.07.2013

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
"Lissodus weltoni n. sp." = Lonchidion weltoni
"Lissodus weltoni n. sp." = Lonchidion weltoni Duffin 1985 elasmobranch
Holotype: P.60772 (BM(NH)); other material includes 81 incomplete and fragmentary crowns, P.60773-60775.