Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
Full reference: J. Herman. 1977. Les sélaciens des terrains néocrétacés and paléocènes de Belgique and des contrées limitrophes. Eléments d'une biostratigraphie intercontinentale. Mémoires pour Servir a l'Explication des Cartes Géologiques et Minières de la Belgique 15:1-450
Parent taxon: Hybodontoidea according to S. Stumpf and J. Kriwet 2019
See also Delsate 2003, Delsate et al. 2002, Duncan 2004, Ginter et al. 2010, Heckert 2004, Ivanov and Lebedev 2014, Klug et al. 2010, Manzanares et al. 2017, Nelson et al. 2016 and Rees and Underwood 2002
Sister taxa: Acrodontidae, Acrorhizodus, Arctacanthus, Asteracanthus semiverrucosus, Asteracanthus verrucosus, Diablodontus, Distobatidae, Homalodontidae, Hybodus strictus, Lamarodus, Lissodus, Polyacrodontidae, Trichorhipis, Tristychiidae
Subtaxa: Dabasacanthus Diabodus Gansuselache Isanodus Jiaodontus Lonchidion Luopingselache Parvodus Vectiselachos
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1 collection), Canada (5: Alberta, Saskatchewan), Denmark (1), France (6), Germany (3), Malaysia (1), Spain (9), Sweden (3), Thailand (2), Tunisia (2), the United Kingdom (29), United States (106: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Morocco (4)
• Jurassic of Belgium (1), China (2), France (2), Germany (1), India (2), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (4)
• Triassic of China (2), Germany (1), India (1), Japan (1), Spain (1), United States (9: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas)
• Permian of China (1), Poland (1)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Illinois)
Total: 203 collections including 281 occurrences