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

Belongs to Sphagepoea according to W. F. Rapp 1946

See also Cope 1869 and Hay 1902

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Pemberton Marl Company pit (Hornerstown), which is in a Maastrichtian marginal marine marl in the Hornerstown Formation of New Jersey

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Sphagepoea aciculata in the database

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