Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes

Full reference: C. J. Underwood and D. J. Ward. 2004. Neoselachian sharks and rays from the British Bathonian (Middle Jurassic). Palaeontology 47(3):447-501

Parent taxon: Orectolobiformes according to C. J. Underwood and D. J. Ward 2004

Sister taxa: Acanthoscyllium, Akaimia, Annea, Brachaeluridae, Columbusia, Crossorhinidae, Dorsetoscyllium, Garrigascyllium, Hemiscylliidae, Magistrauia, Mesiteia, Orectolobidae, Orectoloboidei, Ornatoscyllium, Parahemiscyllium, Parascyllioidei, Parasquatina, Rhincodontidae, Rhinocodontidae, Stegostomatidae

Subtaxa: Heterophorcynus microdon

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Heterophorcynus in the database

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