Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
Full reference: C. J. Underwood and J. Rees. 2002. Selachian faunas from the lowermost Purbeck Group of Dorset, southern England. Special Papers in Palaeontology 68:83-101
Belongs to Lonchidion according to C. J. Underwood and J. Rees 2002
Sister taxa: Lonchidion anitae, Lonchidion babulskii, Lonchidion breve, Lonchidion crenulatum, Lonchidion delsatei, Lonchidion derenzii, Lonchidion ferganensis, Lonchidion griffisi, Lonchidion humblei, Lonchidion indicus, Lonchidion khoratensis, Lonchidion marocensis, Lonchidion microselachos, Lonchidion monteschi, Lonchidion selachas, Lonchidion selachos, Lonchidion striatum, Lonchidion weltoni
Type specimen: NHM P.65437, a tooth (anterolateral tooth-crown). Its type locality is Durlston Bay DB 239, which is in a Berriasian lagoonal packstone in the Durlston Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (10 collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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