Stethacanthulus decorus Ivanov 1999 (cartilaginous fish)

Chondrichthyes - Symmoriiformes - Symmoriidae

Alternative combination: Denaea decora

Full reference: A. Ivanov. 1999. Late Devonian - Early Permian chondrichthyans of the Russian Arctic. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49(3):267-285

Belongs to Stethacanthulus according to A. O. Ivanov 2021

See also Ivanov 2005

Sister taxa: Stethacanthulus longipeniculus, Stethacanthulus meccaensis

Type specimen: LP 6-74, a tooth. Its type locality is Schugor River, Nearpolar Urals, which is in an Asselian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of the Russian Federation (6 collections), United States (10: Texas)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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