†Pseudocetorhinus Duffin 1998 (basking shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Cetorhinidae
Full reference: C. J. Duffin. 1998. New shark remains from the British Rhaetian (latest Triassic) 1. The earliest basking shark. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 3:157-181
Parent taxon: Cetorhinidae according to C. J. Duffin 1998
Sister taxa: Caucasochasma, Cetorhinus, Keasius
Subtaxa: Pseudocetorhinus pickfordi
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic suspension feeder-carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of France (3 collections), Luxembourg (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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