Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Cetorhinidae
Alternative combination: Cetorhinus parvus
Belongs to Keasius according to J. Pollerspöck and N. Straube 2017
See also Baut and Génault 1999, Brisswalter 2009, Cappetta et al. 2016, Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Ciobanu 1977, Gille et al. 2010, Hovestadt and Hovestadt-Euler 2012, Kalabis and Schultz 1974, Kovalchuk and Barkaszi 2021, Merle et al. 2002, Nolf 1988, Přikryl et al. 2016, Reinecke and Radwanski 2015, Schultz 1978, Vialle et al. 2011 and Welton 2013
Sister taxa: Keasius rhenanus, Keasius septemtrionalis, Keasius taylori
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic suspension feeder-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (7 collections), Germany (2), United States (2: Virginia)
• Oligocene of Belgium (28), Czechia (2), France (2), Germany (12), the Netherlands (1), Poland (2), Romania (1), United States (1: South Carolina)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Czechia (1)
• Eocene of Ukraine (1)
Total: 62 collections including 64 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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