Kannathalepis milleri Marss and Gagnier 2001 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Kannathalepididae

Full reference: T. Marss and P. Y. Gagnier. 2001. A new chondrichthyan from the Wenlock, Lower Silurian, of Baillie-Hamilton Island, the Canadian Arctic. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(4):693-701

Belongs to Kannathalepis according to T. Marss and P. Y. Gagnier 2001

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UALVP 44886, a dermal scale. Its type locality is BHI-2 at 28.5 m, which is in a Silurian carbonate lime mudstone/mudstone in the Cape Phillips Formation of Canada.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at BHI-2 at 28.5 m

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