Bransonella tribula Elliott and Hodnett 2013 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Bransonelliformes

Full reference: D. K. Elliott and J. P. M. Hodnett. 2013. A new species of Bransonella (Chondrichthyes, Xenacanthimorpha, Bransonelliformes) from the Middle Permian Kaibab Formation of northern Arizona. Journal of Paleontology 87:1136-1142

Belongs to Bransonella according to D. K. Elliott and J. P. M. Hodnett 2013

Sister taxa: Bransonella lingulata, Bransonella nebraskensis, Bransonella tridentata

Type specimen: MNA V10453, a tooth. Its type locality is MNA locality 1644, southwestern Flagstaff, which is in a Roadian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Kaibab Formation of Arizona.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (2: Arizona collections)

Total: 2 collections including 4 occurrences

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