Carinacanthus jepseni Bryant 1934 (cartilaginous fish)

Chondrichthyes - Ctenacanthiformes

Full reference: W. L. Bryant. 1934. New fishes from the Triassic of Pennsylvania. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 73(5):319-326

Belongs to Carinacanthus according to W. L. Bryant 1934

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PU-13739, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Gwynedd Tunnel (thin shales), which is in a Norian pond shale in the Lockatong Formation of Pennsylvania.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of United States (2: Pennsylvania collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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