†Debeerius 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: Debeeriidae according to J. S. Nelson 2006

See also Ginter et al. 2010 and Grogan and Lund 2000

Sister taxon: Heteropetalus

Subtaxa: Debeerius ellefseni

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Type: Debeerius ellefseni

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (3: Montana collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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