Carcharopsis prototypus Agassiz 1843 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes

Belongs to Carcharopsis according to C. J. Duffin and G. Cuny 2008

See also Hay 1902

Sister taxon: Carcharopsis wortheni

Type specimen: NHM P.5445, a tooth (isolated crown). Its type locality is Pateley Bridge, which is in a Brigantian marine limestone in the United Kingdom.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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