Chimaera eocenica Woodward and White 1930 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Chimaeridae

Alternative combination: Chimaera eocaenica

Belongs to Chimaera according to J. Herman 1972

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

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Railway cutting south of Maret, Orp-le-Grand (Arctica morrisi lens) (Paleocene of Belgium)

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