Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
Alternative combination: Lissodus babulskii
Full reference: H. Cappetta and G. R. Case. 1975. Contribution a l'étude des sélaciens du Groupe Monmouth (Campanien-Maestrichtian) du New Jersey. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 151:1-46
Belongs to Lonchidion according to J. Rees and C. Underwood 2002
See also Cappetta and Case 1975 and Case and Schwimmer 1988
Sister taxa: Lonchidion anitae, Lonchidion breve, Lonchidion crenulatum, Lonchidion delsatei, Lonchidion derenzii, Lonchidion ferganensis, Lonchidion griffisi, Lonchidion humblei, Lonchidion indicus, Lonchidion inflexum, Lonchidion khoratensis, Lonchidion marocensis, Lonchidion microselachos, Lonchidion monteschi, Lonchidion selachas, Lonchidion selachos, Lonchidion striatum, Lonchidion weltoni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Willow Brook (WBR), which is in a Maastrichtian coastal sandstone in the Navesink Formation of New Jersey
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (9: Delaware, Georgia, New Jersey, South Carolina collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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