Isotaenia Cope 1875 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Chimaeridae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1875. The Vertebrata of the Cretaceous formations of the west. Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 2:1-303

Parent taxon: Chimaeridae according to W. F. Rapp 1946

See also Cope 1875 and Hay 1902

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

Subtaxa: Isotaenia neocaesariensis

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Isotaenia in the database

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