Delphyodontos Lund 1980 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes

Full reference: R. Lund. 1980. Viviparity and intrauterine feeding in a new Holocephalan fish from the Lower Carboniferous of Montana. Science 209:697-699

Parent taxon: Holocephali according to R. Lund 1980

See also Sepkoski 2002

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

Subtaxa: Delphyodontos dacriformes

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Type: Delphyodontos dacriformes

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at MV 7106, Supercrop Quarry, Bear Gulch (Carboniferous of Montana)

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