Acanthorhina jaekeli Fraas 1910 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Myriacanthidae

Full reference: E. Fraas. 1910. Chimäridenreste aus dem oberen Lias von Holzmaden. Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg 66:55-63

Belongs to Acanthorhina according to C. J. Duffin 1983

See also Fraas 1910

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Holzmaden, epsilon II-3 (SMNS collection), which is in a Tenuicostatum marine shale in the Posidonienschiefer Formation of Germany

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Holzmaden, epsilon II-3 (SMNS collection)

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