Anisopleurodontis
Appearance
Anisopleurodontis Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Order: | †Eugeneodontiformes |
Family: | †incertae sedis |
Genus: | †Anisopleurodontis da Silva Santos, 1994[1] |
Species: | †A. pricei
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Binomial name | |
†Anisopleurodontis pricei da Silva Santos 1994[1]
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Anisopleurodontis is a genus of prehistoric, shark-like holocephalan, the remains of which have been discovered in the Pedra de Fogo Formation of Brazil.[1] There is one known species, A. pricei. As a member of the Holocephali, it is distantly related to modern chimaeras and ratfish.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c da Silva Santos, Rubens "Paleoictiofáunula da Formação Pedra de Fogo, Bacia do Parnaiba, NE do Brasil: II. Eugeneodontida-Agassizodontidae." Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 66.4 (1994): 413-424.
- ^ Angielczyk, Ken (25 April 2012). "A Curious Tooth Collection". New York Times. Archived from the original on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2018.