Acrorhizodus

Acrorhizodus is an extinct genus of hybodont shark 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]

Acrorhizodus
Temporal range: Aptian –Albian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: †Hybodontiformes
Genus: †Acrorhizodus
Cappetta, 2006

References
  1. Cappetta, Henri; Buffetaut, Eric; Cuny, Gilles; Suteethorn, Varavudh (2006). "A New Elasmobranch Assemblage from the Lower Cretaceous of Thailand". Palaeontology. 49 (3): 547–555. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00555.x. ISSN 1475-4983.
  2. "ResearchGate". ResearchGate. doi:10.1144/sp295.7. S2CID 128765264. Retrieved 2020-09-13.


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