Thoracodus Cope 1883 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Janassidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1883. On some vertebrata from the Permian of Illinois. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 35:108-110

Parent taxon: Janassidae according to D. S. Jordan 1963

See also Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Cholodus, Ctenopetalus, Cymatodus, Dactylodus, Fissodus, Gamphacanthus, Gomphacanthus, Janassa, Petalodopsis, Phoderacanthus, Platacanthus, Pnigeacanthus, Pristicladodus, Stichacanthus

Subtaxa: Thoracodus emydinus

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Type: Thoracodus emydinus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Thoracodus in the database

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