†subfamily Acrodontinae Maisey 1989 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae

Parent taxon: Acrodontidae according to M. Romano et al. 2018

See also Murry and Kirby 2002

Sister taxa: Acrodus, Palaeobates, Sinacrodus, Strophodus

Subtaxa: Asteracanthus Reticulodus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of Egypt (9), France (2), Mali (1), Niger (4), Sudan (1), Switzerland (1), Tunisia (2), United States (1: North Carolina)

• Jurassic of France (6), Germany (1), Italy (1), Japan (2), Luxembourg (3), Poland (1), Portugal (2), the United Kingdom (6)

• Triassic to Jurassic of Madagascar (3)

• Triassic of Switzerland (1), United States (3: Arizona)

• Permian of Iran (1)

• Devonian of United States (1: Kentucky)

Total: 53 collections including 55 occurrences

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