Ischyodus williamsae Case 1991 (plownose chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhynchidae

Belongs to Ischyodus according to G. R. Case 1996

Sister taxa: Ischyodus avitus, Ischyodus beaumonti, Ischyodus bifurcatus, Ischyodus bohemicus, Ischyodus crassus, Ischyodus dolloi, Ischyodus dufrenoyi, Ischyodus egertoni, Ischyodus emarginatus, Ischyodus incisus, Ischyodus latus, Ischyodus mortoni, Ischyodus panus, Ischyodus quenstedti, Ischyodus rayhaasi, Ischyodus thurmanni, Ischyodus townsendi, Ischyodus yanschini, Ischyodus zinsmeisteri

Type specimen: Its type locality is Landover Mall, which is in a Thanetian marine horizon in the Lower Aquia Formation of Maryland

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (5: Alabama, Illinois, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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