Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Distobatidae
Full reference: C. Werner. 1989. Die Elasmobranchier-Fauna des Gebel Dist Member der Bahariya Formation (Obercenoman) der Oase Bahariya, Ägypten. Palaeo Ichthyologica 5:1-112
Parent taxon: Hybodontoidea according to L. A. Nessov 1997
See also Cahuzac et al. 2007, Nelson et al. 2016 and Werner 1989
Sister taxa: Acrodontidae, Acrorhizodus, Asteracanthus semiverrucosus, Asteracanthus verrucosus, Diablodontus, Homalodontidae, Hybodontidae, Hybodus strictus, Lamarodus, Lissodus, Lonchidiidae, Polyacrodontidae, Trichorhipis, Tristychiidae
Subtaxa: Aegyptobatus Distobatus Glickmanodus
Type: Distobatus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (2 collections), Egypt (7), Libya (1), Morocco (1), Uzbekistan (1)
Total: 12 collections including 14 occurrences