Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Full reference: G. Guinot, C. J. Underwood, H. Cappetta and D. J. Ward. 2013. Sharks (Elasmobranchii: Euselachii) from the Late Cretaceous of France and the UK. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11:589-671
Belongs to Heterodontus according to G. Guinot et al. 2013
Sister taxa: 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 novozelandicus, Cestracion elongatus, Cestracion longidens, Cestracion francisci, Cestracion prisca, Cestracion cainozoicus, Cestracion sulcatus, Heterodontobatis paucicarinata
Type specimen: University of Montpellier HAL2-8, a tooth. Its type locality is Hallencourt, upper horizon (HAL2), which is in a Campanian carbonate chalk in France.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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