Lonchidion babulskii Cappetta and Case 1975 (elasmobranch)

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

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