Protopirata

Protopirata
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian,
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Order: †Eugeneodontida
Family: †Edestidae
Genus: †
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.[1]

References

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


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