Psammodus trapeziformis Davis 1883 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Psammodontiformes - Psammodontidae

Alternative combination: Homalodus trapeziformis

Belongs to Psammodus according to A. S. Woodward 1889

Sister taxa: Psammodus angularis, Psammodus caelatus, Psammodus canaliculatus, Psammodus cornutus, Psammodus crassidens, Psammodus expansus, Psammodus glyptus, Psammodus grandis, Psammodus longidens, Psammodus lovianus, Psammodus plenus, Psammodus porosus, Psammodus reticulatus, Psammodus rugosus, Psammodus salopiensis, Psammodus springeri, Psammodus tumidus, Psammodus turgidus, Psammodus turgidus

Type specimen: BMNH P.2599, a tooth

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Armagh, Ireland (BMNH) ( of the United Kingdom)

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