Helodopsis abbreviata 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 Helodopsis according to W. H. Waagen 1879

Sister taxon: Helodopsis elongata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Nilawan, basal Lower Productus-limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Wordian shoreface sandstone in the Amb Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Nilawan, basal Lower Productus-limestone, Salt Range

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