Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Cetorhinidae
Synonyms: Hannovera Van Beneden 1871, Polyprosopus Couch 1863, Selache Cuvier 1817, Selache (Hannovera) Van Beneden 1871, Tetroras Rafinesque 1810
Parent taxon: Cetorhinidae according to L. V. Compagno 2005
See also Bendix-Almgreen 1983, Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Ciobanu 1977, Cione and Reguero 1998, Gill 1864, Herman 1979, Jordan 1963, Kent 2018, Purdy et al. 2001, Schultz 1978, Sepkoski 2002, Van Beneden 1876, Welton 2013, Welton 2014, Welton 2015, Welton 2015 and Woodward 1889
Sister taxa: Caucasochasma, Keasius, Pseudocetorhinus
Subtaxa: Cetorhinus duponti Cetorhinus huddlestoni Cetorhinus maximus Cetorhinus piersoni
Type: Squalus maximus
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic suspension feeder-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection), United States (2: California, Oregon)
• Pliocene of Belgium (1), Italy (2), the Netherlands (1), United States (4: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Belgium (1), Mexico (1), United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Czechia (1), Denmark (2), Germany (1), Japan (4), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (3), United States (11: California, Maryland, North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia, Washington)
• Oligocene of Czechia (1), Japan (1), United States (1: California)
• Eocene of Antarctica (2)
Total: 42 collections including 43 occurrences
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