Chimaerotheca Brown 1946 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes

Full reference: R. W. Brown. 1946. Fossil egg capsules of chimaeroid fishes. Journal of Paleontology 20(3):261-266

Parent taxon: Chimaeroidea according to R. W. Brown 1946

Sister taxon: Edaphodontidae

Subtaxa: Chimaerotheca alaskana Chimaerotheca besselsi Chimaerotheca germanica Chimaerotheca montanana Chimaerotheca newmexicana Chimaerotheca wyomingana

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Type: Chimaerotheca wyomingana

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Chimaerotheca in the database

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