Orodus tenuis Woodward 1889 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Orodontiformes - Orodontidae

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

Belongs to Orodus according to A. S. Woodward 1889

Sister taxa: Orodus alleni, Orodus carinatus, Orodus catenatus, Orodus cinctus, Orodus colletti, Orodus daedalus, Orodus decussatus, Orodus elegantulus, Orodus elongatus, Orodus fastigiatus, Orodus gibbosus, Orodus gibbus, Orodus greggi, Orodus intermedius, Orodus ipeunaensis, Orodus major, Orodus mammillaris, Orodus micropterygius, Orodus minutus, Orodus moniliformis, Orodus neglectus, Orodus ornatus, Orodus parallelus, Orodus parvulus, Orodus plicatus, Orodus ramosus, Orodus tuberculatus, Orodus turgidus, Orodus variabilis, Orodus varicostatus

Type specimen: BMNH P.2710, a tooth

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Orodus tenuis in the database

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