Polyacrodus brevicostatus Patterson 1966 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae

Alternative combination: Hybodus brevicostatus

Belongs to Polyacrodus according to P. Turmine-Juhel et al. 2019

See also Biddle and Landemaine 1989 and Canudo et al. 1996

Sister taxa: Polyacrodus claveringensis, Polyacrodus cloacinus, Polyacrodus illingworthi, Polyacrodus jiangxiensis, Polyacrodus krafti, Polyacrodus lapalomensis, Polyacrodus maiseyi, Polyacrodus minimus, Polyacrodus polycyphus, Polyacrodus pyramidalis, Polyacrodus ritchiei, Polyacrodus tiandongensis, Polyacrodus tregoi, Polyacrodus tuberculatus, Polyacrodus wichitaensis, Polyacrodus zideki

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (3 collections), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: Texas)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.