†family Phoebodontidae Williams 1985 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Phoebodontiformes - Phoebodontidae

Full reference: M. E. Williams. 1985. The "Cladodont level" sharks of the Pennsylvanian black shales of central North America. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 190:83-158

Parent taxon: Phoebodontiformes according to M. Ginter et al. 2010

See also Duncan 2003, Ginter et al. 2008, Ivanov 1999, Nelson et al. 2016, Williams 1985 and Zangerl 1981

Sister taxon: Jalodus

Subtaxa: Diademodus Phoebodus Thrinacodus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Poland (1 collection), United States (1: Arizona)

• Carboniferous of Ireland (3), the Russian Federation (2), United States (1: Iowa)

• Devonian of Australia (3), China (1), Iran (2), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (5), Spain (7)

Total: 27 collections including 32 occurrences

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