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Polysentor

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Extinct genus of cartilaginous fishes

Polysentor
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Order: Polysentoriformes
Family: Polysentoridae
Genus: Polysentor
Zangerl, 1979
Species: P. gorbairdi
Binomial name
Polysentor gorbairdi
Zangerl, 1979

Polysentor gorbairdi is an extinct holocephalian that lived during the Pennsylvanian. It is a member of the Mazon Creek fauna of Illinois.

References

  1. Zangerl, R. 1979. New Chondrichthyes from the Mazon Creek fauna (Pennsylvanian) of Illinois. Mazon Creek Fossils 449-500.
Taxon identifiers
Polysentor


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