Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Synonym: Protohypolophites Landemaine 1991
Full reference: P. M. Brito and P. L. N. Ferreira. 1989. The first hybodont shark, Tribodus limae n.g., n.sp., from the Lower Cretaceous of Chapada do Araripe (North-East Brasil). Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias 61(1):53-57
Parent taxon: Hybodontidae according to G. Cuny et al. 2004
See also Brito and Ferreira 1989 and Cahuzac et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Bdellodus, Dicrenodus, Egertonodus, Frangerodus, Hybodontinae, Hybodus dewalquei, Miosynechodus, Priohybodus, Sphenonchus
Subtaxa: Tribodus limae Tribodus morlati Tribodus tunisiensis
Type: Tribodus limae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1 collection), Brazil (2), France (8), Niger (1), Tunisia (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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