Poecilodus paradoxus Waagen 1879 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Cochliodontiformes - Cochliodontidae

Full reference: W. H. Waagen. 1879. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part I. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(1):1-72

Belongs to Poecilodus according to W. H. Waagen 1879

Sister taxa: Poecilodus aliformis, Poecilodus carbonarius, Poecilodus cestriensis, Poecilodus convolutus, Poecilodus foveolatus, Poecilodus jonesii, Poecilodus oliquus, Poecilodus parallelus, Poecilodus rugosus, Poecilodus sanctiludovici, Poecilodus springeri, Poecilodus tribulis, Poecilodus varsoviensis, Poecilodus wortheni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Virgal, coral limestone, upper Middle Productus-limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine limestone in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Virgal, coral limestone, upper Middle Productus-limestone, Salt Range

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