Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Paraorthacodontidae
Alternative combinations: Sphenodus recurvus, Synechodus recurvus
Belongs to Paraorthacodus according to T. Sokolskyi and G. Guinot 2021
See also Biddle 1993, Cvancara and Hoganson 1993, Dalinkevičius 1935, Herman 1977, Rees 2000, Siverson 1997, Underwood and Mitchell 1999 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Paraorthacodus andersoni, Paraorthacodus arduennae, Paraorthacodus conicus, Paraorthacodus eocaenus, Paraorthacodus hesbayensis, Paraorthacodus jurensis, Paraorthacodus kruckowi, Paraorthacodus rossi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (6 collections), Kazakhstan (1), Lithuania (2), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (4), the United Kingdom (7)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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