Platyxystrodus simplex St John and Worthen 1875 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Chondrenchelyiformes - Chondrenchelyidae

Alternative combination: Xystrodus simplex

Belongs to Platyxystrodus according to O. P. Hay 1899

See also Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Platyxystrodus bellulus, Platyxystrodus imitatus, Platyxystrodus inconditus, Platyxystrodus occidentalis, Platyxystrodus striatus, Platyxystrodus verus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Platyxystrodus simplex in the database

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