Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
Alternative combinations: Acrodus ornatus, Hylaeobatis ornata, Lissodus ornatus
Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) Part 1. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) 1:1-613
Belongs to Vectiselachos according to L. Blake et al. 2024
See also Batchelor and Ward 1990, Biddle and Landemaine 1989, Rees and Underwood 2002 and Woodward 1916
Sister taxon: Vectiselachos gosslingi
Type specimen: BMNH P.5275-a, a tooth
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (4), United States (1: Texas)
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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