Squaloraja polyspondyla Agassiz 1836 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Squalorajiformes - Squalorajidae

Alternative combination: Spinacorhinus polyspondylus

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1836. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (7me livraison)

Belongs to Squaloraja according to C. J. Duffin 1983

See also Agassiz 1836, Agassiz 1843 and Woodward 1891

Sister taxon: Squaloraja tenuispina

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Belgium (1 collection), Italy (1), the United Kingdom (4)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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