Chondrichthyes - Odontaspidida - Lamiostomatidae
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1877. Description of vertebrate remains, chiefly from the phosphate beds of South Carolina. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8:209-260
Belongs to Xiphodolamia according to W. F. Rapp 1946
See also Hay 1902 and Leidy 1877
Sister taxa: Xiphodolamia barbadica, Xiphodolamia eocaena, Xiphodolamia morricei, Xiphodolamia serrata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Vincentown, Manasquan Fm., which is in a Ypresian marine horizon in the Manasquan Formation of New Jersey
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (1 collection), United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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