Debeerius
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| Restoration of Debeerius effelseni, an extinct chondrichtyan | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Family: | † |
| Genus: | †Debeerius Grogan & Lund, 2000 |
| Species: | †D. ellefseni
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| †Debeerius ellefseni Grogan & Lund, 2000
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Debeerius is a genus of chondrichthyan from the Mississippian age Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana, United States. One species is known - D. ellefseni and its generic name honours Sir Gavin de Beer.[1]
References[]
- ^ Eileen D. Grogan & Richard Lund (2000). "Debeerius ellefseni (fam. nov., gen. nov., spec. nov.), an autodiastylic chondrichthyan from the Mississippian Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana (USA), the relationships of the chondrichthyes, and comments on gnathostome evolution". Journal of Morphology. 243 (3): 219–245. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(200003)243:3<219::AID-JMOR1>3.0.CO;2-1. PMID 10681469.
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