†Menaspis Ewald 1848 (chimaera)
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Chondrichthyes - Menaspiformes - Menaspidae
Full reference: J. Ewald. 1848. Über Menaspis, eine neue fossile Fischgattung. Berichte Über die zur Bekanntmachung Geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zur Berlin 1848:33-35
Parent taxon: Menaspidae according to J. S. Nelson 2006
See also Huxley 1861, Sepkoski 2002 and Zangerl 1981
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Menaspis armata
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Germany (8 collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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