†Agassizodus St. John and Worthen 1875 (chimaera)
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Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes - Helicoprionidae
Parent taxon: Agassizodontidae according to M. Ginter et al. 2010
See also Goto and Okura 2004, Jordan 1963, Sepkoski 2002 and Zangerl 1981
Sister taxa: Helicoprion, Karpinskiprion, Parahelicoprion, Sarcoprion, Arpagodus, Toxoprion
Subtaxa: Agassizodus variabilis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (3: Kansas, New Mexico, Wyoming collections)
• Carboniferous of Japan (1), United States (4: Iowa, Nebraska)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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