Eotorpedo hilgendorfi Jaekel 1904 (torpedo)

Chondrichthyes - Torpediniformes - Torpedinidae

Alternative combination: Torpedo hilgendorfi

Belongs to Eotorpedo according to H. Cappetta 1972

See also Cappetta 1987, Cappetta 1988, Casier 1947 and Dartevelle and Casier 1943

Sister taxa: Eotorpedo jaekeli, Eotorpedo nolfi, Eotorpedo zennaroi

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Morocco (1 collection), United States (2: South Carolina)

• Paleocene of Angola (5), Mali (1), Morocco (1), Niger (1), Saudi Arabia (3)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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