Ageleodus Owen 1867 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes

Synonym: Callopristodus Traquair 1888

Parent taxon: Euchondrocephali according to M. Ginter et al. 2010

See also Downs and Daeschler 2001, Jordan 1963, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1889

Sister taxa: Chimaeri, Debeeriformes, Debeeriiformes, Delphyodontos, Desmiodontidae, Desmiodus, Edaphodus, Eugeneodontiformes, Gregoriidae, Harpacanthidae, Helodontiformes, Holocephalomorpha, Iniopterygiformes, Lagarodontidae, Macrodontacanthus, Menaspacanthus, Orodontiformes, Paraselachiamorpha, Paraselachimorpha, Petalodontiformes, Thoralodus, Trachyacanthi, Euglossodus, Cynopodius, Mesolophodus, Metaxyacanthus

Subtaxa: Ageleodus pectinatus

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of the United Kingdom (1 collection)

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: West Virginia)

• Devonian of Belarus (1), United States (1: Pennsylvania)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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