Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Full reference: F. Chapman. 1918. Descriptions and Revisions of the Cretaceous and Tertiary Fish-remains of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Branch Palaeontological Bulletin 7:1-41
Belongs to Cestracion according to F. Chapman 1918
See also Chapman and Cudmore 1924
Sister taxa: Heterodontus boussioni, Heterodontus cainozoicus, Heterodontus canaliculatus, Heterodontus carerens, Heterodontus creamridgensis, Heterodontus duffini, Heterodontus francisci, Heterodontus granti, Heterodontus havreensis, Heterodontus laevis, Heterodontus lerichei, Heterodontus lonzeensis, Heterodontus maisierensis, Heterodontus paucicarinatus, Heterodontus pineti, Heterodontus polonicus, Heterodontus portujacksoni, Heterodontus rugosus, Heterodontus semirugosus, Heterodontus sowasheense, Heterodontus sulcatus, Heterodontus upnikensis, Heterodontus vincenti, Heterodontus wardensis, Heterodontus woodwardi, Cestracion cainozoicus, Cestracion coleridgensis, Cestracion elongatus, Cestracion longidens
Type specimen: Its type locality is Coleridge Gully, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in New Zealand
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (1 collection), New Zealand (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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