†Myriacanthus Agassiz 1836 (chimaera)
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Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Myriacanthidae
Synonym: Prognathodus Egerton 1872
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1836. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (7me livraison)
Parent taxon: Myriacanthidae according to J. S. Nelson 2006
See also Duffin 1994, Jordan 1963, Sepkoski 2002, Woodward 1889 and Woodward 1891
Sister taxa: Acanthorhina, Agkistracanthus, Alethodontus, Halonodon, Metopacanthus, Oblidens, Recurvacanthus
Subtaxa: Myriacanthus granulatus Myriacanthus paradoxus Myriacanthus retrorsus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (5)
• Triassic of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 7 collections including 12 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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