†family Debeeriidae Grogan and Lund 2000 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Debeeriiformes - Debeeriidae

Full reference: E. D. Grogan and R. Lund. 2000. Debeerius ellefseni (Fam Nov, Gen Nov, Spec Nov), an autodiastylic chondrichthyan from the Mississippian Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana (USA), the relationships of the Chondrichthyes, and comments on gnathostome evolution. Journal of Morphology 243:219-245

Parent taxon: Debeeriiformes according to J. S. Nelson 2006

See also Grogan and Lund 2000

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Debeerius Heteropetalus

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (4: Montana collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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