Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Cetorhinidae

Full reference: A. M. Prokoviev and E. K. Sychevskaya. 2018. Basking Shark (Lamniformes: Cetorhinidae) from the Lower Oligocene of the Caucasus. Journal of Ichthyology 58(2):127-138

Parent taxon: Cetorhinidae according to A. M. Prokoviev and E. K. Sychevskaya 2018

Sister taxa: Cetorhinus, Keasius, Pseudocetorhinus

Subtaxa: Caucasochasma zherikhini

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Type: Caucasochasma zherikhini

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic suspension feeder-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Belaya River, Abadzekhskaya, Rupelian (Oligocene of Russian Federation)

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