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Lonchidion selachos

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae

Taxonomy
Lonchidion selachos was named by Estes (1964). Its type specimen is UCMP 53897 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lull 2 Quarry (UCMP V-5620), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Lance Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Lissodus selachos by Duffin (1985) and Bryant (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Lonchidion selachos Estes p. 7
1971Lonchidion selachos Thurmond p. 217
1977Lonchidion selachos Herman p. 41
1985Lissodus selachos Duffin
1989Lissodus selachos Bryant p. 10
2002Lonchidion selachos Rees and Underwood

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

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 selachos Estes 1964
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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: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Lancian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (58 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (North Carolina) Lonchidion selachos (128412)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Lissodus selachos (14489)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) Lonchidion selachos (14458)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) Lonchidion selachos (36541 36542 52052)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Lissodus selachos (68001 68002 68003 68004 68005 68006 212186)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Montana) Lonchidion selachos (85499)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Lonchidion selachos (14655)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Lissodus selachos (14610 14620)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Lissodus selachos (14540 14541 14543 70343 75287) Lonchidion selachos (14514 14519 14527 14565 14566 14596 14598 14643)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Lonchidion selachos (14537 192251)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Lonchidion selachos (14508 14533 14534 14535 14536 14549 14568 14582 14615)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Lonchidion selachos (14640)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Lonchidion selachos (type locality: 14585)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Lonchidion selachos (13142 14674 183109)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Lissodus selachos (45099 45102 45109 45111 45118 45119 45128 45134 45136 45137 45143 45144)