Reesodus wirksworthensis Duffin 1985 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes

Alternative combination: Lissodus wirksworthensis

Full reference: C. J. Duffin. 1985. Revision of the hybodont selachian genus Lissodus Brough (1935). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 188(4-6):105-152

Belongs to Reesodus according to M. B. Koot et al. 2013

See also Duncan 2004

Sister taxa: Reesodus pectinatus, Reesodus underwoodi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Steeplehouse Quarry, Bolehill, Wirksworth, which is in an Asbian/Brigantian carbonate limestone/shale in the Cawdor Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Steeplehouse Quarry, Bolehill, Wirksworth

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