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Jiaodontus montaltissimus

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae

Taxonomy
Jiaodontus montaltissimus was named by Klug et al. (2010). Its type specimen is SGP 2007/31, a tooth (anterolateral tooth), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Jiaodontus.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Jiaodontus montaltissimus Klug et al. p. 247 fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
orderHybodontiformes(Patterson 1966)
superfamilyHybodontoidea
familyLonchidiidae
genusJiaodontus
speciesmontaltissimus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Jiaodontus montaltissimus Klug et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. Klug et al. 2010A species of Jiaodontus gen. nov., which can be diagnosed and distinguished from the only other named member, J. vedenemus gen. et sp. nov., by (1) labiolingually compressed tooth crowns and (2) convex mesial and distal cutting edges between the cusp and first pair of cusplets, (3) less curved crown in labial and lingual views, (4) more regular labial ornamentation, (5) a lingually more slightly convex cusp face, and (6) a less prominent vertical ridge on the lingual cusp face.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023
Collections
No collection or age range data are available