Cladoselache kepleri Newberry 1888 (cartilaginous fish)

Chondrichthyes - Cladoselachiformes - Cladoselachidae

Alternative combination: Cladodus kepleri

Full reference: J. S. Newberry. 1888. On the fossil fishes of the Erie Shale of Ohio. Transactions of the New York Academy of Science 7:178-190

Belongs to Cladoselache according to O. P. Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Cladoselache clarki, Cladoselache fyleri, Cladoselache newberryi, Cladoselache sinuatus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Big Creek, Chagrin shale (Devonian of Ohio)

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