Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhynchidae
Synonym: Ischyodus brevirostris Newton 1876
Belongs to Ischyodus according to F. Chapman 1918
See also Davis 1888 and Woodward 1891
Sister taxa: Ischyodus avitus, Ischyodus beaumonti, Ischyodus bifurcatus, Ischyodus bohemicus, Ischyodus dufrenoyi, Ischyodus egertoni, Ischyodus emarginatus, Ischyodus incisus, Ischyodus latus, Ischyodus mortoni, Ischyodus panus, Ischyodus quenstedti, Ischyodus rayhaasi, Ischyodus townsendi, Ischyodus yanschini, Ischyodus zinsmeisteri
Type specimens:
- Ischyodus thurmanni: BMNH 41682a, a tooth
- Ischyodus brevirostris:
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey collection)
• Cretaceous of France (1), New Zealand (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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