Deltodus planidens Cope 1894 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Cochliodontiformes - Cochliodontidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1894. New and little known Paleozoic and Mesozoic fishes. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia (Series 2) 9:427-448

Belongs to Deltodus according to E. D. Cope 1894

See also Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Deltodus alatus, Deltodus angularis, Deltodus cinctulus, Deltodus cinctus, Deltodus cingulatus, Deltodus concha, Deltodus contortus, Deltodus costatus, Deltodus fasciatus, Deltodus gibbus, Deltodus grandis, Deltodus inornatus, Deltodus intermedius, Deltodus latior, Deltodus littoni, Deltodus mercurei, Deltodus obliquus, Deltodus parvus, Deltodus powellii, Deltodus propinquus, Deltodus rugosus, Deltodus spatulatus, Deltodus sublaevis, Deltodus trilobus, Deltodus undulatus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Deltodus planidens in the database

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