Acrodus cretaceus

Dixon, 1850


Classification: Elasmobranchii Hybodontiformes Acrodontidae

Reference of the original description
Dixon, F. (1850)
The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex. 469 p., 16 fig., 45 pl.

Types
Acrodus cretaceus



Description:


Citation: Acrodus cretaceus Dixon, 1850: In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 02/2026

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Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=9569;
synonym of Cestracion canaliculatus after Woodward (1889) p. 334 [2593]; Woodward (1911) p. 214 [2604];

References
Hovestadt, D.C. (2018)
Reassessment and revision of the fossil Heterodontidae (Chondrichthyes: Neoselachii) based on tooth morphology of extant taxa. Palaeontos, 30, 1–73
Woodward, A.S. (1887)
Notes on some post-Liassic species of Acrodus. Geological Magazine, decade 3, 4, 101–105
Dixon, F. (1878)
The geology of Sussex; or the Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex. By the late Frederick Dixon, Esq., F.G.S. New Edition. Revised and augmented by Professor T. Rupert Jones, F.R.S., F.G.S. 4to. Pp. xxiv and 469. With a Geological Map, 64 plates, and numerous woodcuts. W. J. Smith : Brighton, 1878
Dixon, F. (1850)
The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex. 469 p., 16 fig., 45 pl.