Chondrenchelys

Chondrenchelys
Temporal range: Lower Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Chondrenchelyiformes
Family: Chondrenchelyidae
Genus: Chondrenchelys
Traquair, 1888
Species: C. problematica
Binomial name
Chondrenchelys problematica
Traquair, 1888

Chondrenchelys is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish.[1] Chondrenchelys would have been quite a relatively medium sized fish with an elongated body up to 1 m (3.3 ft) in length, it had a dorsal fin which was indeed long and a body which tapered to a point. Chondrenchelys had two large pairs of tooth plates in each jaw.[2]


See also

References

  1. Richard Lund (1982). "Harpagofututor volsellorhinus new genus and species (Chondrichthyes, Chondrenchelyiformes) from the Namurian Bear Gulch Limestone, Chondrenchelys problematica Traquair (Visean), and their sexual dimorphism". Journal of Paleontology. 56 (4): 938–958. JSTOR 1304712.
  2. https://sites.google.com/site/palaeocritti/by-group/chondrichthyes/holocephali/chondrenchelys
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