Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhynchidae
Alternative spelling: Chimaera (Elasmodus)
Synonym: Psaliodus Agassiz 1843
Parent taxon: Callorhynchidae according to P. L. Jambura et al. 2024
See also Averianov 2001, Casier 1946, Casier 1966, Cvancara and Hoganson 1993, Owen 1859, Sepkoski 2002, Ward and Grande 1991 and Woodward 1891
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Elasmodus avirostrus Elasmodus greenoughi Elasmodus hunteri Elasmodus kempi Elasmodus khosatzkyi Elasmodus rossicus Elasmodus sinzovi Elasmodus tsheganicus Elasmodus zharyk
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene to Oligocene of Kazakhstan (1 collection)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (3)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), France (2), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Maryland)
• Paleogene of Ukraine (1)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Canada (4: Alberta), Kazakhstan (4), the Russian Federation (12), United States (2: Montana, North Dakota), Uzbekistan (1)
Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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