†Triodus elpia Johnson and Thayer 2009 (elasmobranch)
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Chondrichthyes - Xenacanthiformes - Xenacanthidae
Full reference: G. D. Johnson and D. W. Thayer. 2009. Early Pennsylvanian Xenacanth Chondrichthyans from the Swisshelm Mountains, Arizona, USA. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54(4):649-688
Belongs to Triodus according to G. D. Johnson and D. W. Thayer 2009
Sister taxon: Triodus moorei
Type specimen: UAPL 23397, a set of teeth. Its type locality is UAPL locality 7205, Swisshelm Mountains, which is in a Bashkirian estuary/bay limestone in the Black Prince Limestone Formation of Arizona.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at UAPL locality 7205, Swisshelm Mountains
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