Heterodontus carerens Kriwet 1999 (bullhead shark)

Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae

Full reference: J. Kriwet. 1999. Neoselachier (Pisces, Elasmobranchii) aus der Unterkreide (unteres Barremium) von Galve und Alcaine (Spanien, Provinz Teruel). Palaeo Ichthyologica 9:113-142

Belongs to Heterodontus according to J. Kriwet et al. 2009

See also Kriwet 1999

Sister taxa: Heterodontus boussioni, Heterodontus cainozoicus, Heterodontus canaliculatus, Heterodontus creamridgensis, Heterodontus duffini, Heterodontus havreensis, Heterodontus laevis, Heterodontus lerichei, Heterodontus lonzeensis, Heterodontus maisierensis, Heterodontus philippi, Heterodontus pineti, Heterodontus polonicus, Heterodontus portujacksoni, Heterodontus rugosus, Heterodontus semirugosus, Heterodontus sowasheense, Heterodontus upnikensis, Heterodontus wardensis, Heterodontus woodwardi, Heterodontobatis paucicarinata, Cestracion vincenti, Cestracion coleridgensis, Cestracion sulcatus, Cestracion cainozoicus, Cestracion novozelandicus, Cestracion prisca, Cestracion francisci, Cestracion longidens, Cestracion elongatus

Type specimen: IPFUB-Alc-Ela 1/1, a tooth. Its type locality is Alcaine, which is in a Barremian carbonate limestone in Spain.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Alcaine

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