Deltoptychius gibberuius Davis 1883 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Menaspiformes - Deltoptychiidae

Belongs to Deltoptychius according to A. S. Woodward 1889

Sister taxa: Deltoptychius acutus, Deltoptychius expansus, Deltoptychius nitidus, Deltoptychius primus, Deltoptychius varsoviensis, Deltoptychius wachsmuthi

Type specimen: BMNH P.2439 (dental plate)

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ticknall, near Melbourne, South Derbyshire (BMNH) (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

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