Callorhynchus Cuvier 1829 (plownose chimaera)
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Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhynchidae
Alternative spelling: Callorhyncus
Parent taxon: Callorhynchidae according to D. S. Jordan 1963
See also Chapman 1918, Davis 1888, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1891
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Callorhynchus hectori
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Miocene of Peru (1)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Antarctica (1)
• Cretaceous of New Zealand (1)
Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences
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