Jiaodontus

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 Tütken, Oliver Wings, Hans-Ulrich Pfretzschner and Thomas Martin in 2010 and the type species is Jiaodontus montaltissimus.[1]

Jiaodontus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic, Oxfordian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: †Hybodontiformes
Family: †Lonchidiidae
Genus: †Jiaodontus
Klug et al., 2010
Species
  • J. montaltissimus Klug et al., 2010 (type)
  • J. vedenemus Klug et al., 2010

References
  1. Stefanie Klug; Thomas Tütken; 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, Palaeoenvironments. 90: 241–257. doi:10.1007/s12549-010-0032-2.


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