Polyacrodus claveringensis Stensiö 1932 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae

Full reference: E. Stensiö. 1932. Triassic Fishes from East Greenland collected by the Danish expeditions in 1929-1931. Meddelelser om Grønland 83(3):1-305

Belongs to Polyacrodus according to M. Dorka 2003

See also Stensiö 1932

Sister taxa: Polyacrodus brevicostatus, 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, Polyacrodus zideki

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hird's Fox Farm on Clavering Island, which is in the Griesbachian of limestone/claystone the Wordie Creek Formation Greenland

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Hird's Fox Farm on Clavering Island

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