Petalorhynchus indicus Waagen 1879 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Pristodontidae

Full reference: W. H. Waagen. 1879. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part I. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(1):1-72

Belongs to Petalorhynchus according to F. M. Dalla Vecchia 2000

See also Waagen 1879

Sister taxa: Petalorhynchus beargulchensis, Petalorhynchus distortus, Petalorhynchus pseudosagittatus, Petalorhynchus psittacinus, Petalorhynchus spatulatus, Petalorhynchus striatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Chidru, Upper Productus-limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Changhsingian shallow subtidal limestone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Chidru, Upper Productus-limestone, Salt Range

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