Obruchevodus Grogan et al. 2014 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Obruchevodidae

Full reference: E. D. Grogan, R. Lund, and M. Fath. 2014. A new petalodont chondrichthyan from the bear gulch limestone of montana, USA, with reassessment of Netsepoye hawesi and comments on the morphology of holomorphic petalodonts. Paleotological Journal 48:1003-1014

Parent taxon: Obruchevodidae according to Lund et al. 2014

See also Grogan et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Clavusodens, Fissidopsis, Netsepoye

Subtaxa: Obruchevodus griffithi

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Type: Obruchevodus griffithi

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bear Gulch (Carnegie Museum Collection) (Carboniferous of Montana)

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