Iniopera Zangerl and Case 1973 (cartilaginous fish)

Chondrichthyes - Iniopterygia - Sibyrhynchidae

Full reference: R. Zangerl and G. R. Case. 1973. Iniopterygia, a New Order of Chondrichthyan Fishes from the Pennsylvanian of North America. Fieldiana Geology Memoirs 6:1-67

Parent taxon: Sibyrhynchidae according to R. Zangerl 1981

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Inioxyele, Sibyrhynchus

Subtaxa: Iniopera richardsoni

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Type: Iniopera richardsoni

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (33: Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma collections)

Total: 33 collections each including a single occurrence

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