Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Janassidae
Full reference: C. R. Eastman. 1903. Carboniferous fishes from the central western States. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 39:163-226
Belongs to Janassa according to C. C. Branson 1933
See also Bendix-Almgreen et al. 1988 and Branson 1916
Sister taxa: Janassa angularis, Janassa bituminosa, Janassa brevis, Janassa clarki, Janassa clavatus, Janassa gurleiana, Janassa imbricatus, Janassa kochi, Janassa korni, Janassa linguaeformis, Janassa maxima, Janassa ordiana, Janassa strigilina
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cedar Creek, Atchison shale, which is in a Kasimovian marine shale in Nebraska
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (3: Wyoming collections)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Nebraska)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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