Strigilina Cope 1877 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1877. On the Vertebrata of the bone bed in eastern Illinois. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17:53-63

Parent taxon: Petalodontidae according to E. D. Cope 1877

See also Hay 1902 and Jordan 1963

Sister taxa: Antliodus, Chomatodus, Glossodus, Glyphanodus, Harpacodus, Itapyrodus, Lisgodus, Neopetalodus, Peltodus, Petalodus, Polyrhizodus, Tanaodus

Subtaxa: Strigilina linguaeformis

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Strigilina in the database

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