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Lissodus africanus

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes

Taxonomy
Hybodus africanus was named by Broom (1913). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bekkers Kraal, which is in a Triassic terrestrial sandstone in South Africa.

It was recombined as Lissodus africanus by Brough (1935), Maisey (1987), Biddle (1993) and Duncan (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. babulski, L. zideki

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Hybodus africanus Broom p. 252
1935Lissodus africanus Brough
1987Lissodus africanus Maisey p. 27
1993Lissodus africanus Biddle p. 197
2004Lissodus africanus Duncan p. 419

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
orderHybodontiformes(Patterson 1966)
superfamilyHybodontoidea
genusLissodusBrough 1935
speciesafricanus()

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.

†Lissodus africanus Broom 1913
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available