Chimaera seymourensis Ward and Grande 1991 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Chimaeridae

Full reference: D. J. Ward and L. Grande. 1991. Chimaeroid fish remains from Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Science 3(3):323-330

Belongs to Chimaera according to D. J. Ward and L. Grande 1991

Sister taxa: Chimaera (Ischyodon), Chimaera (Psittacodon), Chimaera furcata, Chimaera pliocenica, Chimaera venablesae

Type specimen: PF 10649, a mandible. Its type locality is RV 8266, which is in a Ypresian marine horizon in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at RV 8266

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