Jiaodontus Klug et al. 2010 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae

Full reference: S. Klug, T. Tütken, O. Wings, H.-U. Pfretzschner, and T. Martin. 2010. A Late Jurassic freshwater shark assemblage (Chondrichthyes, Hybodontiformes) from the southern Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, northwest China. Palaeobiology and Palaeoenvironments 90(3):241-257

Parent taxon: Lonchidiidae according to S. Klug et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Dabasacanthus, Diabodus, Gansuselache, Hylaeobatis, Isanodus, Lonchidion, Luopingselache, Parvodus, Vectiselachos

Subtaxa: Jiaodontus montaltissimus Jiaodontus vedenemus

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Type: Jiaodontus montaltissimus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Liuhuanggou bonebed (Jurassic of China)

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