Chondrichthyes - Echinorhiniformes - Echinorhinidae
Full reference: S. Bogan, F. L. Agnolin, R. A. Otero, F. B. Egli, M. E. Suárez, S. Soto-Acuña, and F. E. Novas. 2017. A new species of the genus Echinorhinus (Chondrichthyes, Echinorhiniformes) from the Upper Cretaceous of southern South America (Argentina-Chile). Cretaceous Research 78:89-94
Belongs to Echinorhinus according to S. Bogan and F. L. Agnolín 2022
See also Bogan et al. 2017 and Cappetta et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Echinorhinus australis, Echinorhinus blakei, Echinorhinus eyrensis, Echinorhinus lapaoi, Echinorhinus pozzii, Echinorhinus priscus, Echinorhinus richiardii, Echinorhinus schoenfeldi, Echinorhinus spinosus, Echinorhinus vielhus, Echinorhinus wadanohanaensis
Type specimen: MPM-PV 10046, a tooth. Its type locality is El Calafate airport, which is in a Maastrichtian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone/conglomerate in the Calafate Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1 collection), Chile (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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