Acrodus Agassiz 1834 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae

Synonym: Thectodus Meyer and Plieninger 1844

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1834. Taxonomic names. Beitrag zu einer Monographie des Bunten Sandsteins, Muschelkalks und Keupers, und die Verbindung dieser Gebilde zu einer Formation 1-366

Parent taxon: Acrodontidae according to M. Ginter et al. 2010

See also Alessandri 1896, Chrzastek 2008, Hay 1902, Herman 1977, Irmis 2005, Johns 1997, Jordan 1963, Jordan and Hanibal 1923, Kindlimann 1990, Leidy 1873, Maisey 1987, Murry 1989, Mutter 1998, Rieppel 1981, Sahni and Chhabra 1976, Sepkoski 2002, Thomson 1982, Woodward 1889 and Woodward 1916

Sister taxa: Acrodontinae, Palaeobates, Sinacrodus, Strophodus

Subtaxa: Acrodus acutus Acrodus affinis Acrodus alexandrae Acrodus anningiae Acrodus braunii Acrodus cretaceus Acrodus cuneocostatus Acrodus dolloi Acrodus emmonsi Acrodus flemingianus Acrodus gaillardoti Acrodus georgii Acrodus giedroyci Acrodus hirudo Acrodus humilis Acrodus jaeckeli Acrodus keuperinus Acrodus lateralis Acrodus nitidus Acrodus nobilis Acrodus olsoni Acrodus oppenheimeri Acrodus oreodontus Acrodus paranense Acrodus scaber Acrodus spitzbergensis Acrodus substriatus Acrodus sweetlacruzensis Acrodus transversus Acrodus undulatus Acrodus vermicularis Acrodus vermiformis Acrodus wempliae

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (1: New Jersey collection)

• Cretaceous of Brazil (1), France (1), Lithuania (3), the Russian Federation (1), Thailand (1)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Thailand (1)

• Jurassic of Belgium (6), France (2), Portugal (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (10)

• Triassic of Austria (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Canada (6: British Columbia), China (1), France (9), Germany (15), India (6), Italy (1), Japan (1), Madagascar (1), Pakistan (3), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (5), Saudi Arabia (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (12), Switzerland (14), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (10: Arizona, California, Nevada)

• Permian of Hungary (1), Iran (2), Japan (1), Latvia (2), United States (6: Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas)

Total: 138 collections including 167 occurrences

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