Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae
Full reference: O. Rieppel, R. Kindlimann, and H. Bucher. 1996. A new fossil fish fauna from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) of north-western Nevada. Mesozoic Fishes - Systematics and Paleoecology 501-512
Belongs to Polyacrodus according to O. Rieppel et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Polyacrodus brevicostatus, Polyacrodus claveringensis, Polyacrodus cloacinus, Polyacrodus heterodon, Polyacrodus illingworthi, Polyacrodus jiangxiensis, Polyacrodus krafti, Polyacrodus lapalomensis, Polyacrodus maiseyi, Polyacrodus minimus, Polyacrodus parvidens, Polyacrodus polycyphus, Polyacrodus pyramidalis, Polyacrodus ritchiei, Polyacrodus tiandongensis, Polyacrodus tuberculatus, Polyacrodus wichitaensis, Polyacrodus zideki
Type specimen: FMNH PF14280, a tooth. Its type locality is Favret Canyon, Augusta Mountains, Bed HB 0, which is in a Bithynian offshore grainstone in the Favret Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Favret Canyon, Augusta Mountains, Bed HB 0
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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