Promexyele peyeri Zangerl and Case 1973 (cartilaginous fish)

Chondrichthyes - Iniopterygia - Iniopterygidae

Full reference: R. Zangerl and G. R. Case. 1973. Iniopterygia, a New Order of Chondrichthyan Fishes from the Pennsylvanian of North America. Fieldiana Geology Memoirs 6:1-67

Belongs to Promexyele according to R. Zangerl and G. R. Case 1973

Sister taxon: Promexyele bairdi

Type specimen: FMNH PF5911, a skeleton. Its type locality is Moorehead's Bank, Mecca Quarry shale, which is in a Moscovian marine shale in the Linton Formation of Indiana.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (9: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa collections)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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