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Lonchidion inflexum

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae

Taxonomy
Lonchidion inflexum was named by Underwood and Rees (2002). Its type specimen is NHM P.65437, a tooth (anterolateral tooth-crown), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Durlston Bay DB 239, which is in a Berriasian lagoonal packstone in the Durlston Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Lonchidion inflexum Underwood and Rees p. 92

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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
speciesinflexum

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 inflexum Underwood and Rees 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available