Holmesella elongata Gunnell 1933 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Euselachii

Full reference: F. H. Gunnell. 1933. Conodonts and fish remains from the Cherokee, Kansas City, and Wabaunsee Groups of Missouri and Kansas. Journal of Paleontology 7(3):261-297

Belongs to Holmesella according to F. H. Gunnell 1933

Sister taxa: Holmesella crassa, Holmesella equilaterata, Holmesella ornata, Holmesella parallelata, Holmesella parallella, Holmesella quadrata, Holmesella rhomboidelis, Holmesella speni, Holmesella triangularis, Holmesella wapanuckensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Leeds Quarry, above second base of Winterset Limestone, which is in a Kasimovian marine shale in the Dennis Formation of Missouri

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Leeds Quarry, above second base of Winterset Limestone

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