Chimaeropsis

Chimaeropsis
Temporal range:
Life restoration of Chimaeropsis paradoxa
Illustration of a well-preserved specimen destroyed during World War II, from Reis (1895)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Order: Chimaeriformes
Family: †Chimaeropsidae
Patterson, 1965
Genus: †Chimaeropsis
Zittel, 1887
Type species
Chimaeropsis paradoxa
Zittel, 1887
Other species
  • C. foussi Cassier, 1959
  • C. franconicus Munster, 1840

Chimaeropsis is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish related to modern chimaeras, known from the Jurassic of Europe.

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