Cetorhinus piersoni Welton 2015 (basking shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Cetorhinidae

Full reference: B. J. Welton. 2015. A new species of late Early Miocene Cetorhinus (Lamniformes: Cetorhinidae) from the Astoria Formation of Oregon, and coeval Cetorhinus from Washington and Oregon. Contributions in Science 523:67-89

Belongs to Cetorhinus according to B. J. Welton 2015

Sister taxa: Cetorhinus duponti, Cetorhinus huddlestoni, Cetorhinus maximus

Type specimen: LACM 155792, a tooth (complete adult tooth). Its type locality is Beverly Beach State Park, Burdigalian, which is in a Burdigalian open shallow subtidal mudstone in the Astoria Formation of Oregon.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic suspension feeder-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Beverly Beach State Park, Burdigalian

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