Elasmodus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Holocephali
Ordo: Chimaeriformes
Subordo: Chimaeroidei

Familia: Rhinochimaeridae
Genus: †Elasmodus
Species: †E. avirostris – †E. cheganicus – †E. greenoughi – †E. hunteri – †E. kempi – †E. khosatskyi – †E. rossicus – †E. sinzovi – †E. zharyk
Name

Elasmodus Egerton, 1843

Type species: Elasmodus hunteri Egerton, 1843

Remark: Formerly placed in Edaphodontidae by Cvancara & Hoganson (1993). Now in Rhinochimaeridae by Cicimurri & Ebersole (2015).
References

Cicimurri, D. J. & Ebersole, J. A., 2015: Paleocene chimaeroid fishes (Chondrichthyes: Holocephali) from the eastern United States, including two new species of Callorhinchus. PaleoBios, 32 (1): 1–29. PDF

Cvancara, A. M. & Hoganson, J. W., 1993: Vertebrates of the Cannonball Formation (Paleocene) in North and South Dakota. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 13 (1): 1–23.

Egerton, P.G. 1843. On some new species of fossil chimaeroid fishes, with remarks on their general affinities. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 4: 153–157. BHL. Reference page.

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