Paredestus bricircum Mutter and Neuman 2008 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes

Full reference: R. J. Mutter and A. G. Neuman. 2008. New eugeneodontid sharks from the Lower Triassic Sulphur Mountain Formation of western Canada. Fishes and the Break-up of Pangaea. Geological Society, London, Special Publication 295:9-41

Belongs to Paredestus according to R. J. Mutter and A. G. Neuman 2008

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UALVP 46579, a mandible (partial jaw). Its type locality is C cirque, Fossil Fish Lake, Wapiti Lake, which is in a Smithian offshore siltstone in the Sulphur Mountain Formation of Canada.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at C cirque, Fossil Fish Lake, Wapiti Lake

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