†Hylaeobatis Woodward 1916 (mackerel shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Ptychodontidae
Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1916. The fossil fishes of the English Wealden and Purbeck Formations. Palaeontographical Society, London 1915:1-48
Parent taxon: Ptychodontidae according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Rees and Underwood 2002, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1916
Sister taxon: Ptychodus
Subtaxa: Hylaeobatis problematica
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (2 collections)
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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