Ischyodus emarginatus Egerton 1843 (plownose chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhynchidae

Belongs to Ischyodus according to A. S. Woodward 1891

Sister taxa: Ischyodus avitus, Ischyodus beaumonti, Ischyodus bifurcatus, Ischyodus bohemicus, Ischyodus dufrenoyi, Ischyodus egertoni, Ischyodus incisus, Ischyodus latus, Ischyodus mortoni, Ischyodus panus, Ischyodus quenstedti, Ischyodus rayhaasi, Ischyodus thurmanni, Ischyodus townsendi, Ischyodus yanschini, Ischyodus zinsmeisteri

Type specimen: BMNH P.3106, 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:

• Jurassic of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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