Diplodus tenuis Woodward 1889 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Xenacanthida - Orthacanthidae

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 Diplodus according to A. S. Woodward 1889

Sister taxa: Orthacanthus adamas, Orthacanthus buxieri, Orthacanthus compressus, Orthacanthus donnelljohnsi, Orthacanthus gibbosus, Orthacanthus gracilis, Orthacanthus lintonensis, Orthacanthus milleri, Orthacanthus minor, Orthacanthus platypternus, Orthacanthus pustulosus, Orthacanthus texensis, Dittodus striatus, Dittodus priscus, Dittodus lucasi, Didymodus platypternus, Diplodus problematicus, Diplodus minutus, Diplodus parvulus, Diplodus acinaces

Type specimen: BMNH P.3026, a set of teeth. Its type locality is Carluke, Lanarkshire (BMNH), which is in a Pennsylvanian terrestrial horizon in the United Kingdom.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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