| Jiaodontus | |
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| Scientific classification π Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | β Hybodontiformes |
| Family: | β Lonchidiidae |
| Genus: | β Klug et al., 2010 |
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Jiaodontus is an extinct genus of lonchidiid cartilaginous fish which existed in Liuhuanggou, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, northwestern China, during the late Jurassic (Oxfordian age).[1] Fossils have been found in the Qigu Formation, China.[1] It was first named by Stefanie Klug, Thomas TΓΌtken, Oliver Wings, Hans-Ulrich Pfretzschner and Thomas Martin in 2010 and the type species is Jiaodontus montaltissimus.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Stefanie Klug; Thomas TΓΌtken; Oliver Wings; Hans-Ulrich Pfretzschner; Thomas Martin (2010). "A Late Jurassic freshwater shark assemblage (Chondrichthyes, Hybodontiformes) from the southern Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, Northwest China". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 90 (3): 241β257. Bibcode:2010PdPe...90..241K. doi:10.1007/s12549-010-0032-2. S2CID 129236098.
