Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Chimaeridae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Chimaeridae according to J. S. Nelson 2006
See also Cassier 1966, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963, Kent 2018, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1891
Sister taxa: Bryactinus, Canadodus, Elasmodectes, Hedronchus, Hydrolagus, Isotaenia, Leptomylus, Mylognathus, Similihariotta, Sphagepoea
Subtaxa: Chimaera (Ischyodon) Chimaera (Psittacodon) Chimaera furcata Chimaera pliocenica Chimaera venablesae
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of Costa Rica (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Germany (2)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Cretaceous of Switzerland (1)
• Jurassic of France (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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