Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Full reference: J. G. Maisey. 1987. Cranial anatomy of the Lower Jurassic shark Hybodus reticulatus (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii), with comments on hybodontid systematics. American Museum Novitates 2878:1-19
Parent taxon: Hybodontidae according to J. Bourdon et al. 2011
See also Maisey 1987 and Underwood and Rees 2002
Sister taxa: Bdellodus, Dicrenodus, Frangerodus, Hybodontinae, Miosynechodus, Priohybodus, Sphenonchus, Thaiodus, Tribodus
Subtaxa: Egertonodus basanus Egertonodus duffini Egertonodus fraasi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection), Spain (1), Sweden (2), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (21), United States (4: Maryland, New Mexico, Wyoming)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Morocco (6)
• Jurassic of France (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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