†Rhizodus (chimaera)
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Chondrichthyes - Psammodontiformes - Psammodontidae
Synonym: Characodus Morris and Roberts 1862
Parent taxon: Psammodontidae according to D. S. Jordan 1963
See also Owen 1859, Sepkoski 2002, White and Moy-Thomas 1940 and Woodward 1891
Sister taxa: Apodometes, Archaeobatis, Astrabodus, Dimyleus, Homalodus, Mazodus, Mylacodus, Mylax, Pinacodus, Pleurogomphus, Psammodus, Rhymodus
Subtaxa: Rhizodus gracilis Rhizodus hibberti Rhizodus reticulatus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Belarus (1 collection), the United Kingdom (7)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
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