†Corysodon multicristatus Batchelor and Duffin 2023 (ground shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes
Full reference: T. J. Batchelor and C. J. Duffin. 2023. A new neoselachian shark from the marine Early Cretaceous of southern England. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 134:276-282
Belongs to Corysodon according to T. J. Batchelor and C. J. Duffin 2023
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NHMUK PV P 76391, a tooth. Its type locality is Atherfield Point, bed 19, which is in an Aptian coastal siliciclastic in the Atherfield Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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