a b s t r a c t
A new species of hybodont shark with a cutting dentition, Mukdahanodus trisivakulii gen. nov. et sp. nov.,
from the Lower Cretaceous Sao Khua Formation of Thailand is described. After a turn-over in hybodont
faunas in Thailand, it was apparently replaced in the Aptian/Albian ecosystem by Thaiodus ruchae.
A comparative study indicates that cutting dentitions with serrated teeth appeared four times
independently within the hybodont sharks over a rather short period of time, from the Late Jurassic to
the Albian. Moreover, such a dentition occurred only in species spending at least part of their life cycle in
fresh waters. Two main kinds of cutting dentition can be identified among hybodonts: high-crowned
(Priohybodus) and low-crowned (Mukdahanodus gen. nov., Thaiodus and Pororhiza).