†Caucasochasma zherikhini Prokoviev and Sychevskaya 2018 (basking shark)
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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
Belongs to Caucasochasma according to A. M. Prokoviev and E. K. Sychevskaya 2018
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIN 5595/1, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Belaya River, Abadzekhskaya, Rupelian, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in the Khadum Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic suspension feeder-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Belaya River, Abadzekhskaya, Rupelian
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