Chimaerotheca

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chimaeroidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Holocephali Ordo: Chimaeriformes Subordo: Chimaeroidei

Ichnogenus: †Chimaerotheca
Ichnospecies (7): †C. alaskana – †C. besselsi – †C. gilli – †C. germanica – †C. newmexicana – †C. reperepe – †C. wyomingana

Name

Chimaerotheca Brown, 1946: 262

Type ichnospecies: Chimaerotheca wyomingana Brown, 1946, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Brown, R.W. 1946. Fossil egg capsules of Chimaeroid fishes. Journal of Paleontology 20(3): 261–266. JSTOR

Additional references

• Gottfried, M.D. & Fordyce, R.E. 2015. A Late Triassic chimaeroid egg capsule from New Zealand: early evidence of chimaeroid reproductive mode from the eastern margin of Gondwana. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13(5): 371–375. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2014.880752 Reference page.