Lonchidion weltoni Duffin 1985 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae

Alternative combination: Lissodus weltoni

Full reference: C. J. Duffin. 1985. Revision of the hybodont selachian genus Lissodus Brough (1935). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 188(4-6):105-152

Belongs to Lonchidion according to J. Rees and C. Underwood 2002

See also Duffin 1985

Sister taxa: Lonchidion anitae, Lonchidion babulskii, Lonchidion breve, Lonchidion crenulatum, Lonchidion delsatei, Lonchidion derenzii, Lonchidion ferganensis, Lonchidion griffisi, Lonchidion heterodon, Lonchidion humblei, Lonchidion indicus, Lonchidion inflexum, Lonchidion khoratensis, Lonchidion marocensis, Lonchidion microselachos, Lonchidion monteschi, Lonchidion selachas, Lonchidion selachos, Lonchidion striatum

Type specimen: P. 60772 (BM(NH)), a tooth (isolated crown). Its type locality is Lissodus weltoni section, which is in a Cenomanian marine horizon in Oregon.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lissodus weltoni section

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