Menaspacanthus Patterson 1965 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes

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

Sister taxa: Chimaeri, Debeeriformes, Debeeriiformes, Delphyodontos, Edaphodus, Eugeneodontiformes, Helodontiformes, Holocephalomorpha, Iniopterygiformes, Macrodontacanthus, Orodontiformes, Paraselachiamorpha, Paraselachimorpha, Petalodontiformes, Thoralodus, Trachyacanthi, Ageleodus, Desmiodus, Lagarodontidae, Cynopodius, Mesolophodus, Euglossodus, Brachyrhizodus, Metaxyacanthus, Gregoriidae, Pseudodontichthyidae

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Menaspacanthus in the database

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