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†Psammodus expansus Davis 1884 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Psammodontiformes - Psammodontidae

Alternative combination: Astrabodus expansus

Belongs to Psammodus according to A. S. Woodward 1889

Sister taxa: Psammodus angularis, Psammodus caelatus, Psammodus canaliculatus, Psammodus cornutus, Psammodus crassidens, Psammodus glyptus, Psammodus grandis, Psammodus longidens, Psammodus lovianus, Psammodus plenus, Psammodus porosus, Psammodus reticulatus, Psammodus rugosus, Psammodus salopiensis, Psammodus springeri, Psammodus trapeziformis, Psammodus tumidus, Psammodus turgidus, Psammodus turgidus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Wensleydale, Yorkshire (BMNH) (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

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