Family Chimaeridae (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Chimaeridae

Parent taxon: Chimaeriformes according to C. J. Underwood 2002

See also Casier 1946, Cassier 1966, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963, Kent 2018, Leriche 1942, Martin and Crame 2006, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016, Popov et al. 2020, Rapp 1946, Woodward 1891 and Zangerl 1981

Sister taxa: Arctacanthus, Callorhynchidae, Chimaeroidei, Chimeroidei, Crassidonta, Echinochimaeroidei, Icthypriapus, Myracanthiodei, Myriacanthoidei, Squalorajoidei

Subtaxa: Bryactinus Canadodus Chimaera Elasmodectes Hedronchus Hydrolagus Isotaenia Leptomylus Mylognathus Similihariotta Sphagepoea

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Type: Chimaera

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of United States (1: California collection)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Costa Rica (1)

• Oligocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), France (1), Germany (3)

• Eocene of Antarctica (1), the United Kingdom (1)

• Cretaceous of Australia (1), the Russian Federation (4), Switzerland (1), United States (13: New Jersey, Utah)

• Jurassic of France (1), Germany (1)

• Carboniferous of United States (1: Illinois)

Total: 31 collections including 32 occurrences

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