Recurvacanthus uniserialis Duffin 1981 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Myriacanthidae

Full reference: C. J. Duffin. 1981. The fin spine of a new Holocephalan from the Lower Jurassic of Lyme Regis, Dorset, England. Geobios 14(4):469-475

Belongs to Recurvacanthus according to C. J. Duffin 1981

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNH P.2850 (spine). Its type locality is Lyme Regis, Lower Lias unspecified (BMNH), which is in a Sinemurian marine horizon in the United Kingdom.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lyme Regis, Lower Lias unspecified (BMNH)

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