Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Alternative combination: Oxyrhina sheppeyensis
Full reference: F. C. Casier. 1966. Faune Ichthyologique du London Clay. 1-496
Belongs to Anomotodon according to E. V. Popov and V. A. Lopyrev 2024
See also Adnet 2006, Cappetta 1976, Carlsen and Cuny 2014 and Casier 1966
Sister taxa: Anomotodon genaulti, Anomotodon hermani, Anomotodon hermani, Anomotodon multidenticulata, Anomotodon novus, Anomotodon plicatus, Anomotodon principalis
Type specimen: BMNH P 30804, a set of teeth. Its type locality is Isle of Sheppey (BMNH collection), which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Denmark (1 collection), France (4), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (6)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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