Crassidonta Branson 1916 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes

Full reference: E. B. Branson. 1916. The Lower Embar of Wyoming and Its Fauna. The Journal of Geology 24(7):639-664

Parent taxon: Chimaeriformes according to J. J., Jr. Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Arctacanthus, Callorhynchidae, Chimaeridae, Chimaeroidei, Chimeroidei, Echinochimaeroidei, Icthypriapus, Myracanthiodei, Myriacanthoidei, Squalorajoidei

Subtaxa: Crassidonta stuckenbergi Crassidonta subcrenulata

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Type: Crassidonta stuckenbergi

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (1 collection), United States (2: Wyoming)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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