Ctenopetalus Agassiz 1837 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Janassidae

Parent taxon: Janassidae according to D. S. Jordan 1963

See also Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Cholodus, Cymatodus, Dactylodus, Fissodus, Gamphacanthus, Gomphacanthus, Janassa, Petalodopsis, Phoderacanthus, Platacanthus, Pnigeacanthus, Pristicladodus, Stichacanthus, Thoracodus

Subtaxa: Ctenopetalus bellulus Ctenopetalus limatulus Ctenopetalus medius Ctenopetalus vinosus

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Type: Petalodus serratus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ctenopetalus in the database

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