Ornithoprion
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Order: | †Eugeneodontida |
| Family: | †Caseodontidae |
| Genus: | †Ornithoprion Zangerl, 1966 |
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| Ornithoprion hertwigi Zangerl, 1966
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Ornithoprion is an extinct genus of eugeneodontid holocephalid closely related to Caseodus[1] that existed in the Moscovian stage of the Carboniferous from 315.2 to 307 million years ago.[2] Various species had an elongated lower jaw.[3] The discovery of Ornithoprion helped establish the fact that Helicoprion had its tooth whorl on the lower jaw.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Ornithoprion (Chimaera)". Fossilworks. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "Ornithoprion". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ Zangerl, Rainer (1966). "A new shark of the family Edestidae, Ornithoprion hertwigi, from the Pennsylvanian Mecca and Logan quarry shales of Indiana /". 16. Chicago Field Museum of Natural History: 4–42. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
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