†Damocles Lund 1986 (elasmobranch)
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Chondrichthyes - Symmoriiformes - Falcatidae
Full reference: R. Lund. 1986. On Damocles serratus, nov. gen. et sp. (Elasmobranchii: Cladodontida) from the Upper Mississippian Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 6(1):12-19
Parent taxon: Falcatidae according to M. Ginter et al. 2010
See also Lund 1986
Sister taxa: Cosmoselachus, Denaea, Falcatus, Ozarcus
Subtaxa: Damocles attenuatus Damocles serratus
Type: Damocles serratus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1 collection), United States (2: Montana)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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