Polyrhizodus elongatus Davis 1883 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae

Belongs to Polyrhizodus according to A. S. Woodward 1889

Sister taxa: Polyrhizodus attenuatus, Polyrhizodus carbonarius, Polyrhizodus colei, Polyrhizodus concavus, Polyrhizodus dentatus, Polyrhizodus digitatus, Polyrhizodus inflexus, Polyrhizodus latus, Polyrhizodus magnus, Polyrhizodus minimus, Polyrhizodus modestus, Polyrhizodus nanus, Polyrhizodus piasaensis, Polyrhizodus ponticulus, Polyrhizodus porosus, Polyrhizodus pusillus, Polyrhizodus rectus, Polyrhizodus truncatus

Type specimen: BMNH P.2966, a tooth. Its type locality is Armagh, Ireland (BMNH), which is in a Mississippian marine limestone in the United Kingdom.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Armagh, Ireland (BMNH)

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