SYNOPSIS OF THE SELACHIAN GENUS LISSODUS BROUGH, 1935

Abstract

The stratigraphic record, distribution and composition of the selachian genus Lissodus is briefly reviewed. 38 species are currently recognised, with 26 further records not designated to species level. Teeth of the genus have been found in marine, brackish and freshwater deposits and range from Famennian (Late Devonian) to Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) sediments. Teeth originally described as Lissodus bartheli WERNER, 1989 from the upper Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) of Egypt are removed to the new genus Bahariyodon and tentatively placed together with Steinbachodus in the hybodont family Steinbachodontidae.