Biology:Heteroptychodus
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Short description: Extinct genus of cartilaginous fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | †Hybodontiformes |
| Genus: | †Heteroptychodus Yabe and Obata, 1930 |
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Heteroptychodus is an extinct genus of hybodont that lived in Asia during the Early Cretaceous period. It had low, rounded durophagous teeth that are covered in ridges. Species have been reported from Japan, Mongolia, Malaysia, Thailand, Southern China, and possibly Kyrgyzstan. Fossils have been found in freshwater environments.[1]
References
- ↑ Teng, Yu He; Sone, Masatoshi; Hirayama, Ren; Yoshida, Masataka; Komatsu, Toshifumi; Khamha, Suchada; Cuny, Gilles (2019-01-02). "First Cretaceous fish fauna from Malaysia" (in en). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39 (1): e1573735. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1573735. ISSN 0272-4634. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2019.1573735.
Wikidata ☰ Q22107372 entry
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