Chondrichthyes - Helodontiformes - Helodontidae
Full reference: E. B. Branson. 1916. The Lower Embar of Wyoming and Its Fauna. The Journal of Geology 24(7):639-664
Belongs to Helodus according to C. C. Branson 1933
See also Boyd and Newell 1972 and Branson 1916
Sister taxa: Helodus angulatus, Helodus biformis, Helodus carbonarius, Helodus coniculus, Helodus consolidatus, Helodus crenulatus, Helodus denshumani, Helodus denticulatus, Helodus didymus, Helodus elytra, Helodus gibberulus, Helodus gibbus, Helodus incisus, Helodus laevis, Helodus limax, Helodus mammillaris, Helodus planus, Helodus politus, Helodus rudis, Helodus rugosus, Helodus simplex, Helodus subteres, Helodus sulcatus, Helodus undulatus, Helodus wortheni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Lower Embar fauna, which is in a Roadian offshore shale in the Phosphoria Formation of Wyoming
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (5: Wyoming collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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