Harpagofututor

Harpagofututor; Temporal range: Mississippian 324–318 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Echinochimaera (top) and Harpagofututor (bottom)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Chondrenchelyiformes
Genus:	Harpagofututor
Species:	H. volsellorhinus

Harpagofututor is an extinct

Mississippian of North America

.

It was an

teeth sufficient for eating shellfish.^[1]

Harpagofututor is thought to be related to the

chimaeroids, and Chondrenchelys problematica.^[1]

The fish was discovered in the 1980s in Montana's

palaeontologist Richard Lund, who has been exploring the limestone formations of the region since 1969.^[2]

[3] The area was thought to be the location of a shallow bay. Fish remains are found throughout the area. Further examinations of the soft tissue pigments of these fossilized remains led to more information about the fish and information about its internal organs, including its reproductive system.^[4]

Sources

[1]
Aquagenesis: The Origin and Evolution of Life in the Sea by Richard Ellis
The Rise of Fishes: 500 Million Years of Evolution by John A. Long

References

^ ^a ^b Bear Gulch – Harpogofutor volsellorhinus Archived 2008-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
^ Lund, Richard. "Harpagofututor volsellorhinus New Genus and Species (Chondrichthyes, Chondrenchelyiformes) from the Namurian Bear Gulch Limestone, Chondrenchelys problematica Traquair (Visean), and Their Sexual Dimorphism," Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 56, No. 4, July 1982, pp. 938-958.
^ Bear Gulch – About Richard Lund Archived 2010-01-08 at the Wayback Machine
^ Grogan, Eileen D. and Richard Lund. "Soft Tissue Pigments of the Upper Mississippian Chondrenchelyid, Harpagofututor volsellorhinus (Chondrichthyes, Holocephali) from the Bear Gulch Limestone, Montana, USA," Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 71, No. 2, March 1997, pp. 337-342.

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[sju.edu-1] Bear Gulch – Harpogofutor volsellorhinus Archived 2008-08-21 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Lund, Richard. "Harpagofututor volsellorhinus New Genus and Species (Chondrichthyes, Chondrenchelyiformes) from the Namurian Bear Gulch Limestone, Chondrenchelys problematica Traquair (Visean), and Their Sexual Dimorphism," Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 56, No. 4, July 1982, pp. 938-958.

[3] Bear Gulch – About Richard Lund Archived 2010-01-08 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Grogan, Eileen D. and Richard Lund. "Soft Tissue Pigments of the Upper Mississippian Chondrenchelyid, Harpagofututor volsellorhinus (Chondrichthyes, Holocephali) from the Bear Gulch Limestone, Montana, USA," Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 71, No. 2, March 1997, pp. 337-342.

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