Open AccessThe hybodont shark, Priohybodus d'Erasmo, 1960 (Early Cretaceous, northern Africa)
Author(s) -
DUFFIN CHRISTOPHER J.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
zoological journal of the linnean society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.148
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1096-3642
pISSN - 0024-4082
DOI - 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2001.tb00628.x
Subject(s) - cretaceous , aptian , paleontology , dorsum , dorsal fin , biology , geology , anatomy
Priohybodus arambourgi d'Erasmo, 1960 is redescribed on the basis of nearly 200 teeth and a dorsal fin spine from the Chicla Sandstone (Aptian to Albian, Early Cretaceous) near Nalut in northwestern Libya. The generic distinction of Priohybodus is confirmed; its geological record is so far confined to the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous of Africa.