Ganodus dentatus Egerton 1847 (plownose chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhinchidae

Belongs to Ganodus according to A. S. Woodward 1891

Sister taxa: Chimaera (Ganodus) colei, Chimaera (Ganodus) curvidens, Chimaera (Ganodus) neglecta, Chimaera (Ganodus) owenii, Chimaera (Ganodus) rugulosa, Ganodus oweni, Ganodus rugulosus

Type specimen: BMNH P.614, a tooth (left mandibular). Its type locality is Stonesfield Slate, near Oxford (BMNH fish), which is in a Bathonian marine slate in the United Kingdom.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Stonesfield Slate, near Oxford (BMNH fish)

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