Polysentor
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Extinct genus of cartilaginous fishes
| Polysentor | |
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| Order: | Polysentoriformes
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| Family: | Polysentoridae Zangerl, 1979
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| Genus: | Polysentor Zangerl, 1979
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| Species: | P. gorbairdi
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| Polysentor gorbairdi Zangerl, 1979
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Polysentor gorbairdi is an extinct holocephalian that lived during the Pennsylvanian. It is a member of the Mazon Creek fauna of Illinois.[1]
References
[edit ]- ^ Zangerl, R. 1979. New Chondrichthyes from the Mazon Creek fauna (Pennsylvanian) of Illinois. Mazon Creek Fossils 449-500.
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