†Pseudocetorhinus pickfordi 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
Belongs to Pseudocetorhinus according to G. Cuny et al. 2000
See also Duffin 1998
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CD23, a set of teeth. Its type locality is Microlestes Quarry, Frome, which is in a Rhaetian fissure fill claystone/sandstone in the United Kingdom.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic suspension feeder-carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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