Vallisodus Duffin 2021 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Euselachii

Synonym: Vallisia Duffin 1982 [replaced name]

Full reference: C. J. Duffin. 2021. A replacement name for the preoccupied genus name Vallisia Duffin, 1982 (Chondrichthyes: Neoselachii) . Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 301:229-232

Parent taxon: Neoselachii according to C. J. Duffin 2021

See also Duffin 1982, Ginter et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Agaleidae, Anachronistidae, Batoidea, Batomorphii, Dalatiiformes, Duffinselache, Galea, Galeomorphii, Grozonodon, Hopleacanthus, Mcmurdodontidae, Nanocetorhinus, Odontorhytis, Ostenoselachidae, Palaeocarcharidae, Rhomaleodus, Selachii, Squalea, Squalomorphii, Squatinomorphii, Synechodontiformes

Subtaxa: Vallisodus coppi

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Type: Vallisia coppi

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Belgium (1 collection), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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