Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Myriacanthidae
Full reference: C. J. Duffin and H. Furrer. 1981. Myriacanthid holocephalan remains from the Rhaetian (Upper Triassic) and Hettangian (Lower Jurassic) of Graubünden (Switzerland). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 74:803-829
Belongs to Agkistracanthus according to C. J. Duffin 1994
See also Duffin and Furrer 1981
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: A/I 858 (dorsal fin spine). Its type locality is Piz Son Mitgel, Kanton Graubünden, which is in a Rhaetian marine limestone in the Kössen Formation of Switzerland.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Switzerland (4 collections), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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