Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhynchidae
Full reference: C. J. Duffin. 1995. Holocephalans in the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart 3. First chimaeroid from the Lias of Baden-Württemberg (Early Toarcian of Ohmden). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 231:1-12
Belongs to Bathytheristes according to C. J. Duffin 1995
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: SMNS 59754, a tooth (left upper ("palatine") toothplate). Its type locality is Gonser quarry, Ohmden (Lias Epsilon II-6), which is in a Falciferum marine shale in the Posidonia Shale Formation of Germany.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Gonser quarry, Ohmden (Lias Epsilon II-6)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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