Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
Full reference: D. J. Cicimurri, C. N. Ciampaglio, and K. E. Runyon. 2014. Late Cretaceous Elasmobranchs from the Eutaw Formation at Luxapalila Creek, Lowndes County, Mississippi. PalArch's Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology 11(2):1-36
Belongs to Lonchidion according to D. J. Cicimurri et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Lonchidion anitae, Lonchidion babulskii, Lonchidion breve, Lonchidion crenulatum, Lonchidion delsatei, Lonchidion derenzii, Lonchidion ferganensis, Lonchidion griffisi, Lonchidion heterodon, Lonchidion humblei, Lonchidion indicus, Lonchidion inflexum, Lonchidion khoratensis, Lonchidion marocensis, Lonchidion microselachos, Lonchidion monteschi, Lonchidion selachas, Lonchidion selachos, Lonchidion striatum, Lonchidion weltoni
Type specimen: SC2012.48.71, a tooth. Its type locality is Luxapalila Creek, which is in a Santonian paralic claystone in the Eutaw Formation of Mississippi.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Luxapalila Creek
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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