Bobbodus xerxesi Hampe et al. 2013 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes - Eugeneodontidae

Full reference: O. Hampe, V. Hairapetian, M. Dorka, F. Witzmann, A. M. Akbari and D. Korn. 2013. A first Late Permian fish fauna from Baghuk Mountain (Neo-Tethyan shelf, central Iran). Bulletin of Geosciences 88:1-20

Belongs to Bobbodus according to O. Hampe et al. 2013

Sister taxon: Bobbodus schaefferi

Type specimen: MB.f 19201, a tooth. Its type locality is H7/1, Baghuk Mountain, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Hambast Formation of Iran.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at H7/1, Baghuk Mountain

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