Symmorium reniforme Cope 1893 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Symmoriiformes - Symmoriidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1893. On Symmorium, and the position of cladodont sharks. American Naturalist 27:999-1001

Belongs to Symmorium according to S. G. Lucas and J. W. Estep 2000

See also Cope 1893, Cope 1894, Hay 1902 and Williams 1985

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Court Creek, near Galesburg, which is in a Moscovian marine shale in the Linton Formation of Illinois

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (2: Illinois, New Mexico collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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