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Lonchidion indicus

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae

Taxonomy
Lonchidion indicus was named by Yadagiri (1986). Its type specimen is GSI TI.1. Its type locality is Yamanpalli bonebed, Kota, which is in a Sinemurian/Pliensbachian coarse channel fill claystone/sandstone in the Kota Formation of India.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. babulski

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Lonchidion indicus Yadagiri pp. 89-90 figs. 1a, b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuselachii()
infraclassHybodonta
orderHybodontiformes(Patterson 1966)
superfamilyHybodontoidea
familyLonchidiidae
genusLonchidion
speciesindicus

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.

†Lonchidion indicus Yadagiri 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Sinemurian to the top of the Aalenian or 199.50000 to 170.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian - Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2India (Andhra Pradesh) Lonchidion indicus (type locality: 22665)
Toarcian - Aalenian184.2 - 170.9India (Andhra Pradesh) Lonchidion indicus (39673)