Leptomylus forfex Cope 1875 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Chimaeridae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1875. The Vertebrata of the Cretaceous formations of the west. Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 2:1-303

Belongs to Leptomylus according to W. F. Rapp 1946

See also Cope 1875 and Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Leptomylus cookii, Leptomylus densus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at West Jersey Marl Company's Pit, Barnsboro (New Egypt) (Cretaceous of New Jersey)

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