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]
Ornithoprion Temporal range:
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Scientific 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
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