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Chimaera seymourensis

Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Chimaeridae

Taxonomy
Chimaera seymourensis was named by Ward and Grande (1991). Its type specimen is PF 10649, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is RV-8266, Seymour Island, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. gosseleti, C. seymouriensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Chimaera seymourensis Ward and Grande p. 328

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassHolocephali(Bonaparte 1832)
superorderHolocephalomorphaLund 1986
orderChimaeriformesObruchev 1953
suborderChimaeroidei
familyChimaeridae
genusChimaera
speciesseymourensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Chimaera seymourensis Ward and Grande 1991
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. J. Ward and L. Grande 1991Chimaera, known only from an isolated mandibular dental plate. It differs from all other species in having six OTs one PIT and one MT.