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Extinct genus of shark-like eugenodont fish

Protopirata
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian, 318–299 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Order: †Eugeneodontida
Family: †Edestidae
Genus: †Protopirata
Trautschold, 1888

Protopirata is an extinct genus of shark-like eugenodont fish that existed during the Late Carboniferous period. Fossils of Protopirata have been uncovered in Iowa, United States.

References

  1. "†Protopirata Trautschold 1888 (chimaera)". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
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Protopirata


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