Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Parent taxon: Palaeospinacidae according to J. A. Ebersole et al. 2022
See also Cappetta 1975, Cappetta et al. 2019, Case 1978, Casier 1958, Chapman 1918, Delsate 2003, Delsate et al. 2002, Delsate and Godefroit 1995, Duffin 1998, Duffin and Ward 1993, Ginter et al. 2010, Guinot et al. 2014, Guinot et al. 2013, Herman 1977, Hoganson et al. 2019, Ivanov 2005, Johns 1997, Jordan 1963, Klug 2008, Kriwet 2003, Leriche 1942, Müller and Diedrich 1991, Peng et al. 2001, Rees 2000, Rees 2005, Sepkoski 2002, Siversson et al. 2015, Siversson and Machalski 2017, Underwood 2002, Underwood 2004, Underwood et al. 1999, Underwood and Mitchell 1999, Underwood and Ward 2004, Woodward 1889 and Yamagishi 2004
Sister taxa: Antrigoulia, Macrourogaleus, Nemacanthus, Palaeospinax, Palaeospinax priscus, Palidiplospinax
Subtaxa: Hybodus bronnii Synechodus antiquus Synechodus clarki Synechodus dereki Synechodus dubrisiensis Synechodus duffini Synechodus egertoni Synechodus faxensis Synechodus filipi Synechodus incrementum Synechodus kessleri Synechodus lerichei Synechodus levis Synechodus multinodosus Synechodus nitidus Synechodus paludinensis Synechodus plicatus Synechodus prorogatus Synechodus rhaeticus Synechodus riegrafi Synechodus seinstedtensis Synechodus streitzi Synechodus subulatus Synechodus subulatus Synechodus sulcatus Synechodus tenuis Synechodus triangulus Synechodus turneri Synechodus ungeri Synechodus validus Synechodus volaticus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Barbados (1 collection), United States (2: Alabama, California)
• Paleocene of United States (2: Maryland)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1), Canada (3: Alberta, British Columbia), France (10), Germany (1), Japan (2), Kazakhstan (1), Lithuania (9), New Zealand (1), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (5), Sweden (5), Ukraine (6), the United Kingdom (49), United States (16: New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Jurassic of Belgium (1), France (5), Germany (10), Luxembourg (3), Poland (2), Spain (6), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (3)
• Triassic of Belgium (1), Bulgaria (1), Canada (33: British Columbia), China (1), France (2), Germany (1), Japan (23), Luxembourg (1), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (3)
• Permian of the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 219 collections including 263 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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