Chimaera is the type genus of the cartilaginous fish family Chimaeridae.
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| Chimaera cubana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Order: | Chimaeriformes |
| Family: | Chimaeridae |
| Genus: | Chimaera Linnaeus, 1758 |
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There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:
Several fossil species are attributed to Chimaera, but only two are confidently assignable to it. These two are C. seymourensis from the Late-Eocene La Meseta FormationonSeymour Island off the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula,[6][7] and C. pliocenica from the PlioceneofTuscany, Italy.[7] Chimaera zangerli from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Seymour Island[8] was considered by later authors to belong to Elasmodectes instead. C. eophantasma from the Paleocene of England has since been considered a synonym of Elasmodus hunteri. C. gosseleti and C. rupeliensis from the Oligocene of Belgium are synonymous with each other, with C. gosseleti being the senior synonym, and have subsequently been placed in the genus Harriotta. Chimaera javana from the Miocene of Java is lost, and therefore considered a nomen dubium. "Chimaera" anomala from the Miocene of Australia is more similar to Ischyodus, and does not belong to Chimeridae.[7]
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