†Copodus cornutus Davis 1843 (chimaera)
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Chondrichthyes - Copodontiformes - Copodontidae
Belongs to Copodus according to A. S. Woodward 1889
See also Hay 1902
Sister taxa: Copodus auriculatus, Copodus furcatus, Copodus lingua, Copodus minimus, Copodus oblongus, Copodus pusillus, Copodus spatulatus, Copodus spatulatus, Copodus vanhornii
Type specimen: BMNH P.2580-3, a set of teeth. Its type locality is Armagh, Ireland (BMNH), which is in a Mississippian marine limestone in the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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