Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Full reference: S. M. Saugen, A. J. Roberts, V. S. Engelschiøn and J. H. Hurum. 2025. A new assemblage of Lower Triassic neoselachians (Chondrichthyes) from the Grippia Bonebed of Spitsbergen, Norway. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 44(e2426544)
Belongs to Synechodus according to S. M. Saugen et al. 2025
Sister taxa: Hybodus bronnii, Synechodus antiquus, Synechodus clarki, Synechodus dereki, Synechodus dubrisiensis, Synechodus duffini, Synechodus egertoni, Synechodus faxensis, Synechodus filipi, Synechodus incrementum, Synechodus kessleri, Synechodus lerichei, Synechodus levis, Synechodus multinodosus, Synechodus nitidus, Synechodus paludinensis, Synechodus plicatus, Synechodus prorogatus, Synechodus rhaeticus, Synechodus riegrafi, Synechodus seinstedtensis, Synechodus streitzi, Synechodus subulatus, Synechodus subulatus, Synechodus sulcatus, Synechodus tenuis, Synechodus triangulus, Synechodus turneri, Synechodus ungeri, Synechodus validus, Synechodus volaticus
Type specimen: PMO 241.300, a tooth. Its type locality is Marmierfjellet, Flowerdalen (Grippia niveau bonebed), which is in a Spathian offshore shale in the Vikinghøgda Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Marmierfjellet, Flowerdalen (Grippia niveau bonebed)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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