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440 / Mesozoic
Hybodus
Hybodus reticulatus
Dorsal fin spines and two tooth shapes handled fish and hard-shelled prey.
View original image · 1600 × 1067- Time range
- About 190–170 million years ago
- Final stage
- Middle Jurassic
- Geographic range
- Shallow sea and estuary · Europe
01 / DEFINITION & ECOLOGY
What was Hybodus?
Hybodus (Hybodus reticulatus) was an extinct organism known from About 190–170 million years ago, with a range in Shallow sea and estuary · Europe.
Life and ecology
Front teeth grasped while rear teeth crushed crustaceans and mollusks.
02 / DISAPPEARANCE
Why did Hybodus disappear?
Later Jurassic shark turnover is possible context; a specific cause for this species is not established.
03 / EVIDENCE
How do scientists know about Hybodus?
Teeth, fin spines, head hooks and skeletons preserve its mixed feeding anatomy.
04 / SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Check the source record
Use the scientific name to compare taxonomy, occurrence records and the fossil record. Database coverage and classifications may differ.
05 / REVISION HISTORY
How has this record changed?
- Rewrote an extinction cause that presented environmental or faunal turnover as established; it is now given as context the record does not prove.
- Verified authoritative entity sources and added three responsive reconstruction sizes.
- Initial bilingual species record published.
06 / CORRECTIONS & ADDITIONS