Chimaerotheca alaskana Brown

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Object Details

Collector

Donald J. Miller

Geologic Age

Cenozoic / Paleogene / Oligocene

Record Last Modified

4 Aug 2025

Skeletal Morphology

Egg

Stratigraphy

/ Katalla Fm

Collection Date

1944

USNM Number

V16887

Type Citation

Brown, R. D. 1946. Jour.Paleontology. 20 (n.3): 264, pl.38,f.4.

Type Status

holotype

Place

Alaska, United States, North America

Published Name

Chimaerotheca alaskana Brown

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Paleogeneral

Types: Fishes

Fish Primary Type

Paleobiology

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Pisces Chondrichthyes Subterbranchialia Holocephali Chimaeriformes Chimaeroidei Chimaeridae

Data Source

NMNH - Paleobiology Dept.

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c87fd89c-93c8-40cd-bcc1-41197efed309

Record ID

nmnhpaleobiology_3393299

Chimaerotheca alaskana Brown

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Stratigraphy

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