†Janassa maxima Eastman 1903 (chimaera)
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Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Janassidae
Full reference: C. R. Eastman. 1903. Carboniferous fishes from the central western States. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 39:163-226
Belongs to Janassa according to C. R. Eastman 1903
Sister taxa: Janassa angularis, Janassa bituminosa, Janassa brevis, Janassa clarki, Janassa clavatus, Janassa gurleiana, Janassa imbricatus, Janassa kochi, Janassa korni, Janassa linguaeformis, Janassa ordiana, Janassa strigilina, Janassa unguicula
Type specimen: Its type locality is Richfield, Atchison shale, which is in a Kasimovian marine shale in Nebraska
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Richfield, Atchison shale
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