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 M. Kaneko and T. Fujimoto 2022
See also Kriwet 1999 and Kriwet et al. 2009
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 vincenti, Heterodontus wardensis, Heterodontus woodwardi, Cestracion coleridgensis, Cestracion prisca, Cestracion francisci, Cestracion elongatus, Cestracion cainozoicus, Cestracion sulcatus, Cestracion longidens, Cestracion novozelandicus, Heterodontobatis paucicarinata
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:
• Cretaceous of Japan (1 collection), Spain (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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