Biology:Polysentor

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Short description: Extinct genus of cartilaginous fishes


Polysentor
Polysentor gorbairdi.jpg
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Chondrichthyes
Subclass:
Order:
Polysentoriformes
Family:
Polysentoridae
Genus:
Polysentor

Zangerl, 1979
Species:
P. gorbairdi
Binomial name
Polysentor gorbairdi
Zangerl, 1979

Polysentor gorbairdi is an extinct holocephalid that lived during the Pennsylvanian. It is a member of the Mazon Creek fauna of Illinois.[1]

References

  1. Zangerl, R. 1979. New Chondrichthyes from the Mazon Creek fauna (Pennsylvanian) of Illinois. Mazon Creek Fossils 449-500.

Wikidata ☰ Q7226928 entry