Heterodontus pineti Fedorowski 1912 (bullhead shark)

Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae

Full reference: J. A. Fedorowski. 1912. Zeuglodon-Reste aus dem Kreise Zmijew, Gouvernement Charkow. Arbeiten der Naturforscher-Gesellschaft an der Kaiserlichen Universitat Charkow 45:253-287

Belongs to Heterodontus according to J. L. Goedert et al. 2024

See also Case 1981

Sister taxa: Heterodontus boussioni, Heterodontus cainozoicus, Heterodontus canaliculatus, Heterodontus carerens, Heterodontus creamridgensis, Heterodontus duffini, Heterodontus francisci, Heterodontus granti, Heterodontus havreensis, Heterodontus laevis, Heterodontus lerichei, Heterodontus lonzeensis, Heterodontus maisierensis, Heterodontus paucicarinatus, Heterodontus polonicus, Heterodontus portujacksoni, Heterodontus rugosus, Heterodontus semirugosus, Heterodontus sowasheense, Heterodontus sulcatus, Heterodontus upnikensis, Heterodontus vincenti, Heterodontus wardensis, Heterodontus woodwardi, Cestracion longidens, Cestracion elongatus, Cestracion cainozoicus, Cestracion coleridgensis, Cestracion novozelandicus

Type specimen: USNM 23501, a tooth

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (2: Louisiana, Washington collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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