†Fissodus dentatus 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 Fissodus according to C. R. Eastman 1903
Sister taxa: Fissodus bifidus, Fissodus inaequalis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Topeka, Atchison shale, which is in a Kasimovian marine shale in Kansas
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Kansas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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