Elasmodus zharyk Averianov 1999 (plownose chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhynchidae

Belongs to Elasmodus according to A. O. Averianov 2001

Sister taxa: Elasmodus avirostrus, Elasmodus greenoughi, Elasmodus hunteri, Elasmodus kempi, Elasmodus khosatzkyi, Elasmodus rossicus, Elasmodus sinzovi, Elasmodus tsheganicus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Outcrop 105, Zharyk River, Mugodzhary Mountains (Cretaceous of Kazakhstan)

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