Parvodus ominechonensis Breeden et al. 2024 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae

Full reference: B. T. Breeden, N. Oyama, M. Manabe, H. Takahashi, and C. Sakata. 2024. A new freshwater lonchidiid hybodontiform shark (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Upper Triassic Momonoki Formation in Yamaguchi, Japan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Belongs to Parvodus according to B. T. Breeden et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Parvodus celsucuspus, Parvodus parvidens, Parvodus pattersoni, Parvodus rugianus

Type specimen: MMHF 3-00044, a tooth. Its type locality is Okubata, which is in a Carnian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone in the Momonoki Formation of Japan.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Okubata

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