Polyacrodus cloacinus Quenstedt 1858 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae

Alternative combination: Hybodus cloacinus

Belongs to Polyacrodus according to M. Skinner et al. 2020

See also Amthor 1908, Duffin 1993, Duffin and Delsate 1993, Duffin and Gazdzicki 1977 and Woodward 1889

Sister taxa: Polyacrodus brevicostatus, Polyacrodus claveringensis, Polyacrodus illingworthi, Polyacrodus jiangxiensis, Polyacrodus krafti, Polyacrodus lapalomensis, Polyacrodus maiseyi, Polyacrodus minimus, Polyacrodus polycyphus, Polyacrodus pyramidalis, Polyacrodus ritchiei, Polyacrodus tiandongensis, Polyacrodus tregoi, Polyacrodus tuberculatus, Polyacrodus wichitaensis, Polyacrodus zideki

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1 collection)

• Triassic of Austria (1), Belgium (5), France (4), Germany (3), Luxembourg (1), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (8)

Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence

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