Elasmodus

Taxonavigation: Chimaeroidei
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. 

Links

• Fossilworks/Elasmodus