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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