Biology:Acrorhizodus
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Short description: Extinct shark genus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | †Hybodontiformes |
| Genus: | †Acrorhizodus Cappetta, 2006 |
| Type species | |
| †Acrorhizodus khoratensis Cappetta, 2006
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Acrorhizodus is an extinct genus of hybodont chondrichthyan currently containing only the species: Acrorhizodus khoratensis. It is known from the Albian to Aptian aged Khok Kruat formation of the Khok Pha Suam locality near the town of Sri Muang Mai, Thailand. It displays a mix of features which sets it apart from all hybodont families currently known.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Cappetta, Henri; Buffetaut, Eric; Cuny, Gilles; Suteethorn, Varavudh (2006). "A New Elasmobranch Assemblage from the Lower Cretaceous of Thailand" (in en). Palaeontology 49 (3): 547–555. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00555.x. ISSN 1475-4983. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00555.x.
- ↑ Cuny, G.; Suteethorn, V.; Kamha, S.; Buffetaut, E. (2008). "Hybodont sharks from the lower Cretaceous Khok Kruat Formation of Thailand, and hybodont diversity during the Early Cretaceous" (in en). Geological Society, London, Special Publications 295: 93–107. doi:10.1144/sp295.7.
Wikidata ☰ Q104856539 entry
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