Parahelicoprion mariosuarezi Merino-Rodo and Janvier 1986 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes - Helicoprionidae

Full reference: D. Merino-Rodo and P. Janvier. 1986. Chondrichthyan and actinopterygian remains from the Lower Permian Copacabana Formation of Bolivia. Geobios 19(4):479-493

Belongs to Parahelicoprion according to D. Merino-Rodo and P. Janvier 1986

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: 6097, a set of teeth. Its type locality is Jacha Khatawi Hill, fish horizon 2, Yaurichambi, which is in an Asselian open shallow subtidal limestone/sandstone in the Copacabana Formation of Bolivia.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Jacha Khatawi Hill, fish horizon 2, Yaurichambi

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