Heteroptychodus kokutensis Cuny et al. 2010 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae

Full reference: G. Cuny, C. Laojumpon, O. Cheychiw and K. Lauprasert. 2010. Fossil vertebrate remains from Kut Island (Gulf of Thailand, Early Cretaceous). Cretaceous Research 31:415-423

Belongs to Heteroptychodus according to G. Cuny et al. 2010

Sister taxon: Heteroptychodus steinmanni

Type specimen: PRCMC8, a tooth. Its type locality is Ao Kalang village, Kut Island, which is in a Barremian marine sandstone in the Sao Khua Formation of Thailand.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Malaysia (1 collection), Thailand (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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