Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Chimaeridae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1869. Description of some extinct fishes previously unknown. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 12:310-317
Parent taxon: Chimaeridae according to W. F. Rapp 1946
See also Cope 1869 and Hay 1902
Sister taxa: Bryactinus, Canadodus, Chimaera, Elasmodectes, Hedronchus, Hydrolagus, Isotaenia, Mylognathus, Similihariotta, Sphagepoea
Subtaxa: Leptomylus cookii Leptomylus densus Leptomylus forfex
Type: Leptomylus densus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey collection)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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