Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Belongs to Heterodontus according to Case 1994
Sister taxa: Heterodontus boussioni, Heterodontus cainozoicus, Heterodontus canaliculatus, Heterodontus carerens, Heterodontus creamridgensis, Heterodontus duffini, Heterodontus havreensis, Heterodontus laevis, Heterodontus lerichei, Heterodontus lonzeensis, Heterodontus maisierensis, Heterodontus philippi, Heterodontus pineti, Heterodontus polonicus, Heterodontus portujacksoni, Heterodontus rugosus, Heterodontus semirugosus, Heterodontus upnikensis, Heterodontus vincenti, Heterodontus wardensis, Heterodontus woodwardi, Cestracion prisca, Cestracion novozelandicus, Cestracion coleridgensis, Cestracion francisci, Cestracion sulcatus, Cestracion longidens, Cestracion cainozoicus, Cestracion elongatus, Heterodontobatis paucicarinata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Bashi Formation, Meridian, which is in an Eocene marginal marine horizon in the Bashi Formation of Mississippi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Mississippi, South Carolina collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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