''Anisopleurodontis'' is a genus of prehistoric, shark-like member of Holocephali, the remains of which have been discovered in the Pedra de Fogo Formation of

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. There is only one species, the

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...

, ''A. pricei''. It is a member of the Holocephali, the group that includes

chimaera Chimaeras are cartilaginous fish in the order Chimaeriformes , known informally as ghost sharks, rat fish, spookfish, or rabbit fish; the last three names are not to be confused with rattails, Opisthoproctidae, or Siganidae, respectively. At ...

s and ratfish.

References

Prehistoric sharks Permian animals of South America Permian Brazil Fossils of Brazil Fossil taxa described in 1994 {{Paleo-shark-stub