†Menaspis armata Ewald 1848 (chimaera)
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Chondrichthyes - Menaspiformes - Menaspidae
Full reference: J. Ewald. 1848. Über Menaspis, eine neue fossile Fischgattung. Berichte Über die zur Bekanntmachung Geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zur Berlin 1848:33-35
Belongs to Menaspis according to G. Schaumberg 1992
See also Ewald 1848, Holzapfel and Malzahn 1984, Jaekel 1891 and Zangerl 1981
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Lonau, West Harz, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine limestone in the Kupferschiefer Formation of Germany
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Germany (8 collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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