Crassidonta Branson 1916 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Cochliodontiformes - Cochliodontidae

Full reference: E. B. Branson. 1916. The Lower Embar of Wyoming and Its Fauna. The Journal of Geology 24(7):639-664

Parent taxon: Cochliodontidae according to L. Schnetz et al. 2024

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aspidodus, Chitonodus, Cochliodus, Cranodus, Cyrtonodus, Deltodopsis, Deltodus, Dichelodus, Diplacodus, Erismacanthus, Helodopsis, Icanodus, Orthopleurodus, Oxytomodus, Paecilodus, Periplectrodus, Platyodus, Pleurodus, Pleuroplax, Poecilodus, Rhamphodus, Sandalodus, Stenopterodus, Streblodus, Taeniodus, Trigonodus, Vaticinodus, Venustodus, Xenodus, Xystrodus

Subtaxa: Crassidonta stuckenbergi Crassidonta subcrenulata

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Type: Crassidonta stuckenbergi

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (1 collection), United States (2: Wyoming)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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