Onychoselache Dick 1978 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes

Full reference: J. R. F. Dick. 1978. On the Carboniferous shark Tristychius arcuatus Agassiz from Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 70(4):63-108

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

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Zangerl 1981

Sister taxa: Cassisodus, Doratodus, Hamiltonichthys, Hubeiodus, Hybodontidae, Hybodontoidea, Mesodmodus, Omanoselache, Pseudodalatiidae, Reesodus, Sphenacanthidae, Steinbachodontidae, Teresodus, Thaiodontidae

Subtaxa: Onychoselache traquairi

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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