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†Mesolophodus (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes

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

See also Jordan 1963, Sepkoski 2002, Woodward 1889 and Zangerl 1981

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

Subtaxa: Mesolophodus problematicus

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Armagh, Ireland (BMNH) (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

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