Vectiselachos ornatus Woodward 1889 (elasmobranch)

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

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