Paraorthacodus rossi Cappetta et al. 2019 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Paraorthacodontidae

Full reference: H. Cappetta, K. Morrison, and S. Adnet. 2019. A shark fauna from the Campanian of Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada: an insight into the diversity of Cretaceous deep-water assemblages. Historical Biology 33:1121-1182

Belongs to Paraorthacodus according to H. Cappetta et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Paraorthacodus andersoni, Paraorthacodus arduennae, Paraorthacodus conicus, Paraorthacodus eocaenus, Paraorthacodus hesbayensis, Paraorthacodus jurensis, Paraorthacodus kruckowi, Paraorthacodus recurvus

Type specimen: RBCM P1207, a tooth. Its type locality is SHU-COL, Collishaw site, Hornby Island, which is in a Campanian submarine fan shale in the Northumberland Formation of Canada.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (2: British Columbia collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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