†Toxoprion lecontei Dean 1898 (chimaera)
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Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes - Helicoprionidae
Alternative combination: Edestus lecontei
Full reference: B. Dean. 1898. On a new species of Edestus, E. lecontei, from Nevada. Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences 16:61-69
Belongs to Toxoprion according to W. M. Itano and S. G. Lucas 2018
See also Dean 1898, Hay 1902 and Hay 1909
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UCMP 32015, a set of teeth. Its type locality is Within 1 mile of Eureka, which is in a Cisuralian marine shale in the Carbon Ridge Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Within 1 mile of Eureka
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