Elasmodus kempi Ward 1977 (plownose chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhynchidae

Belongs to Elasmodus according to A. O. Averianov 2001

Sister taxa: Elasmodus avirostrus, Elasmodus greenoughi, Elasmodus hunteri, Elasmodus khosatzkyi, Elasmodus rossicus, Elasmodus sinzovi, Elasmodus tsheganicus, Elasmodus zharyk

Type specimen: BMNH P.58710, a tooth

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lee-on-the-Solent, Selsey Formation, L3vi-L4 (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

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