Helicampodus egloni Obruchev 1965 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes - Helicampodontidae

Full reference: D. B. Obruchev. 1965. Vertebrata, in The Development and Change of Marine Organisms at the Palaeozoic-Mesozoic Boundary. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 108:266-267

Belongs to Helicampodus according to D. B. Obruchev 1965

Sister taxa: Helicampodus kokeni, Helicampodus qomolangma

Type specimen: PIN 2265/1, a set of teeth (tooth row). Its type locality is Dorasham 2, Ali Bashi Formation, which is in a Changhsingian marine horizon in the Ali Bashi Formation of Azerbaijan.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dorasham 2, Ali Bashi Formation

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