Polyacrodus zideki Johnson 1981 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae

Full reference: G. D. Johnson. 1981. Hybodontoidei (Chondrichthyes) from the Wichita-Albany Group (Early Permian) of Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1(1):1-41

Belongs to Polyacrodus according to G. D. Johnson 1981

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 tregoi, Polyacrodus tuberculatus, Polyacrodus wichitaensis

Type specimen: SMP-SMU 64443, a tooth. Its type locality is West Franklin Bend C/ac WFBCac, which is in an Artinskian/Kungurian marine horizon in Texas.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (4: Oklahoma, Texas collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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