Elasmodectes Woodward 1888 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Chimaeridae

Parent taxon: Chimaeridae according to A. S. Woodward 1891

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bryactinus, Canadodus, Chimaera, Hedronchus, Hydrolagus, Isotaenia, Leptomylus, Mylognathus, Similihariotta, Sphagepoea

Subtaxa: Elasmodectes willetti

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (1 collection)

• Jurassic of Germany (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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