Lonchidion

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Hybodontoidea Phylum Chordata Order Hybodontiformes		Superorder Selachimorpha Family Hybodontidae Rank Genus Subclass Elasmobranchii
Similar Lissodus, Hybodontiformes, Elasmobranchii, Hybodus, Asteracanthus

Lonchidion is a genus of prehistoric sharks in the family Hybodontidae. It was described by R. Estes in 1964, and the type species is L. selachas. A new species, L. ferganensis, was described by Jan Fischer, Sebastian Voigt, Jörg W. Schneider, Michael Buchwitz and Silke Voigt in 2011, from fossilized teeth and egg capsules.

Species

Lonchidion anitae Thurmond, 1971

Lonchidion breve Patterson, 1966

Lonchidion crenulatum Patterson, 1966

Lonchidion humblei Murry, 1981

Lonchidion indicus Yadagiri, 1986

Lonchidion inflexum Underwood & Rees, 2002

Lonchidion microselachos Estes & Sanchíz, 1982

Lonchidion selachas Estes, 1964

Lonchidion selachos Estes, 1964

Lonchidion striatum Patterson, 1966

Lonchidion ferganensis Fischer et al., 2011

References

Lonchidion Wikipedia

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