Keasius parvus Leriche 1908 (basking shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Cetorhinidae

Alternative combination: Cetorhinus parvus

Belongs to Keasius according to O. Kovalchuk and Z. Barkaszi 2021

See also Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Ciobanu 1977, Kalabis and Schultz 1974, Merle et al. 2002, Přikryl et al. 2016, Reinecke and Radwanski 2015, Schultz 1978 and Welton 2013

Sister taxa: Keasius rhenanus, Keasius septemtrionalis, Keasius taylori

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic suspension feeder-carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: Virginia collections)

• Oligocene of Belgium (2), Czechia (1), France (2), Germany (10), the Netherlands (1), Poland (1), Romania (1), United States (1: South Carolina)

• Eocene to Oligocene of Czechia (1)

• Eocene of Ukraine (1)

Total: 23 collections including 25 occurrences

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