Bathytheristes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Order: Chimaeriformes
Family: Callorhynchidae
Genus: †Bathytheristes
Duffin, 1995

Bathytheristes is an extinct genus of Chimaera from the late Early Jurassic epoch of the Jurassic Period. Its name roughly translates to "Reaper of the deep." It is known from a single species, B. gracilis. It was discovered in the early Toarcian-aged Posidonia Shale Formation of Ohmden, Germany. The specific epithet refers to the slender of the tooth plate in this species. It is related to the modern Elephantfish.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ DUFFIN, C.J. (1995) Holocephalans in the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart 3. First chimaeroid from the Lias of Baden-Württemberg (Early Toarcian of Ohmden). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B, 231: 1–12
  2. ↑ "Fossilworks: Bathytheristes gracilis". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2020-10-06.


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