†order Cochliodontiformes Obruchev 1953 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Cochliodontiformes

Parent taxon: Holocephalomorpha according to J. A. Long 2011

See also Goto and Okura 2004, Nelson 2006 and Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Chimaeriformes, Chondrenchelyiformes, Copodontiformes, Menaspiformes, Psammodontiformes, Squalorajiformes

Subtaxa: Cochliodontidae Psephodontidae Solenodus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of Japan (1 collection), Oman (5), Pakistan (8), the Russian Federation (2), Thailand (1), United States (4: Kansas, New Mexico, Wyoming)

• Atokan of United States (1: Arizona)

• Pennsylvanian of the United Kingdom (5)

• Osagean of United States (3: Indiana, Iowa)

• Mississippian of the United Kingdom (5)

• Carboniferous of Belgium (1), Egypt (1), Japan (1), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (11), United States (12: Arizona, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania)

• Devonian of United States (1: California)

Total: 64 collections including 103 occurrences

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