Pleuroplax Woodward 1889 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Cochliodontiformes - Cochliodontidae

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) Part 1. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) 1:1-613

Parent taxon: Cochliodontidae according to A. S. Woodward 1889

See also Jordan 1963

Sister taxa: Aspidodus, Chitonodus, Cochliodus, Cranodus, Cyrtonodus, Deltodopsis, Deltodus, Dichelodus, Diplacodus, Erismacanthus, Helodopsis, Icanodus, Orthopleurodus, Oxytomodus, Paecilodus, Periplectrodus, Platyodus, Pleurodus, Poecilodus, Rhamphodus, Sandalodus, Stenopterodus, Streblodus, Taeniodus, Trigonodus, Vaticinodus, Venustodus, Xystrodus

Subtaxa: Pleuroplax attheyi Pleuroplax rankinei Pleuroplax woodi

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (10 collections)

Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences

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