Chimaera (Ganodus) colei Buckland 1835 (plownose chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhinchidae

Alternative combinations: Chimaera colei, Ischyodus colei

Belongs to Chimaera (Ganodus) according to L. Agassiz 1843

See also Agassiz 1838 and Woodward 1891

Sister taxa: Chimaera (Ganodus) curvidens, Chimaera (Ganodus) neglecta, Chimaera (Ganodus) owenii, Chimaera (Ganodus) rugulosa, Ganodus dentatus, Ganodus oweni, Ganodus rugulosus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Stonesfield Slate, near Oxford (BMNH fish) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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