Sphagepoea Cope 1869 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Chimaeridae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1869. Second addition to the history of the fishes of the Cretaceous of United States. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 11:240-244

Parent taxon: Chimaeridae according to W. F. Rapp 1946

See also Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Bryactinus, Canadodus, Chimaera, Elasmodectes, Hedronchus, Hydrolagus, Isotaenia, Leptomylus, Mylognathus, Similihariotta

Subtaxa: Sphagepoea aciculata

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Type: Sphagepoea aciculata

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Sphagepoea in the database

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