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 G. R. Case et al. 2019
See also Cappetta and Case 1975, Case and Cappetta 1997, Case and Schwimmer 1988, Case et al. 2001 and Rees and Underwood 2002
Sister taxa: Lonchidion anitae, Lonchidion breve, Lonchidion crenulatum, Lonchidion cristatum, 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, Lonchidion weltoni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Willow Brook (WBR), which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian coastal sandstone in the Navesink Formation of New Jersey
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (11: Delaware, Georgia, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas collections)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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