Copodus furcatus Davis 1862 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Copodontiformes - Copodontidae

Belongs to Copodus according to A. S. Woodward 1889

Sister taxa: Copodus auriculatus, Copodus cornutus, Copodus lingua, Copodus minimus, Copodus oblongus, Copodus pusillus, Copodus spatulatus, Copodus spatulatus, Copodus vanhornii

Type specimen: BMNH P.2509, a tooth. Its type locality is Armagh, Ireland (BMNH), which is in a Mississippian marine limestone in the United Kingdom.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Armagh, Ireland (BMNH)

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