Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Full reference: C. J. Underwood. 2002. Sharks, rays and a chimaeroid from the Kimmeridgian (Late Jurassic) of Ringstead, Southern England. Palaeontology 45(2):297-325
Belongs to Synechodus according to C. J. Underwood 2002
Sister taxa: Hybodus bronnii, Synechodus antiquus, Synechodus clarki, Synechodus dereki, Synechodus dubrisiensis, Synechodus duffini, Synechodus egertoni, Synechodus faxensis, Synechodus filipi, Synechodus incrementum, Synechodus kessleri, Synechodus lerichei, Synechodus levis, Synechodus multinodosus, Synechodus nitidus, Synechodus paludinensis, Synechodus prorogatus, Synechodus rhaeticus, Synechodus riegrafi, Synechodus seinstedtensis, Synechodus streitzi, Synechodus subulatus, Synechodus subulatus, Synechodus sulcatus, Synechodus tenuis, Synechodus triangulus, Synechodus turneri, Synechodus ungeri, Synechodus validus, Synechodus volaticus
Type specimen: P65686, a tooth. Its type locality is Ringstead Bay, Weymouth, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian marine horizon in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Ringstead Bay, Weymouth
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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