Platacanthus M'Coy 1848 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Janassidae

Parent taxon: Janassidae according to D. S. Jordan 1963

Sister taxa: Cholodinae, Ctenopetalus, Cymatodus, Dactylodus, Fissodus, Gamphacanthus, Gomphacanthus, Janassinae, Petalodopsis, Phoderacanthus, Pnigeacanthus, Pristicladodus, Stichacanthus, Thoracodus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Platacanthus in the database

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