Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Full reference: F. Chapman and G. B. Pritchard. 1904. Fossil fish remains from the Tertiaries of Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 17:267-297
Belongs to Cestracion according to F. Chapman and F. A. Cudmore 1924
See also Chapman and Pritchard 1904
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 sowasheense, Heterodontus upnikensis, Heterodontus vincenti, Heterodontus wardensis, Heterodontus woodwardi, Cestracion coleridgensis, Cestracion prisca, Cestracion francisci, Cestracion elongatus, Cestracion sulcatus, Cestracion longidens, Cestracion novozelandicus, Heterodontobatis paucicarinata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Beaumaris, which is in a Messinian shoreface sandstone in the Black Rock Sandstone Formation of Australia
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Miocene of Australia (4)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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