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Lonchidion

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Kingdom
  
Superfamily
  
Hybodontoidea

Phylum
  
Chordata

Superorder
  
Selachimorpha

Family
  
Hybodontidae

Rank
  
Genus

Subclass
  
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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