| Protopirata Temporal range: Pennsylvanian,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Order: | †Eugeneodontida |
| Family: | †Edestidae |
| Genus: | †Protopirata Trautschold, 1888 |
Protopirata is an extinct genus of shark-like eugenodont fish that existed during the Late Carboniferous period. Fossils of Protopirata have been uncovered in Iowa, United States.[1]
- ^ "†Protopirata Trautschold 1888 (chimaera)". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 27 August 2023.