Metopacanthus Zittel 1887 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Myriacanthidae

Parent taxon: Myriacanthidae according to C. J. Duffin 1983

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthorhina, Agkistracanthus, Alethodontus, Halonodon, Myriacanthus, Oblidens, Recurvacanthus

Subtaxa: Metopacanthus bollensis

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Holzmaden, epsilon II-3 (SMNS collection) (Jurassic of Germany)

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