Jiaodontus

Jiaodontus; Temporal range: Late Jurassic, Oxfordian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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;

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]

References

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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[Klug2010-1] 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.