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Ornithoprion
Temporal range: Carboniferous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Order: †Eugeneodontida
Family: †Caseodontidae
Genus: †Ornithoprion
Zangerl, 1966
Type species
Ornithoprion hertwigi
Zangerl, 1966

Ornithoprion is an extinct genus of eugeneodont holocephalan closely related to Caseodus.[1] It lived in the Moscovian stage of the Carboniferous from 315.2 to 307 million years ago.[2] Various species had an elongated lower jaw. The discovery and description of Ornithoprion helped establish many aspects of eugeneodont skull anatomy, which previously could only be gleaned from tooth data.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Ornithoprion (Chimaera)". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Ornithoprion". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  3. ^ Zangerl, Rainer (17 March 1966). "A new shark of the family Edestidae, Ornithoprion hertwigi, from the Pennsylvanian Mecca and Logan quarry shales of Indiana". Fieldiana Geology. Chicago Field Museum of Natural History. 16: 1–42. Retrieved 14 March 2020.


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