Orodus greggi Zangerl 1981 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Orodontiformes - Orodontidae

Full reference: R. Zangerl. 1981. Chondrichthyes I: Paleozoic Elasmobranchii. Handbook of Paleoichthyology 3a

Belongs to Orodus according to R. Zangerl 1981

Sister taxa: Orodus alleni, Orodus carinatus, Orodus catenatus, Orodus cinctus, Orodus colletti, Orodus daedalus, Orodus decussatus, Orodus elegantulus, Orodus elongatus, Orodus fastigiatus, Orodus gibbosus, Orodus gibbus, Orodus intermedius, Orodus ipeunaensis, Orodus major, Orodus mammillaris, Orodus micropterygius, Orodus minutus, Orodus moniliformis, Orodus neglectus, Orodus ornatus, Orodus parallelus, Orodus parvulus, Orodus plicatus, Orodus ramosus, Orodus tenuis, Orodus tuberculatus, Orodus turgidus, Orodus variabilis, Orodus varicostatus

Type specimen: FMNH P2201, a skeleton. Its type locality is Logan Quarry, Level J, Reserve Township, which is in a Moscovian marine shale in the Staunton Formation of Indiana.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Logan Quarry, Level J, Reserve Township

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