Chirodus M'Coy 1848 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Eurynotiformes - Amphicentridae

Alternative spelling: Cheirodus

Synonym: Amphicentrum Young 1866

Parent taxon: Amphicentridae according to B. G. Gardiner 1969

See also Eastman 1903, Hay 1902, Schultze et al. 2021 and Woodward 1891

Sister taxa: Adroichthys, Cheirodopsis, Eurynothus, Proteurynotus, Tompoichthys

Subtaxa: Amphicentrum crassum Amphicentrum granulosum Amphicentrum jurgenai Amphicentrum orbiculare Amphicentrum striatum Chirodus acutus Chirodus pesranae

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Type: Amphicentrum granulosum

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Virgilian of United States (5: New Mexico collections)

• Pennsylvanian of the United Kingdom (1)

• Carboniferous of France (2), the United Kingdom (19), United States (4: Illinois, New Mexico)

• Mississippian of the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 32 collections including 34 occurrences

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