†Cetorhinus huddlestoni Welton 2014 (basking shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Cetorhinidae
Full reference: B. J. Welton. 2014. A new fossil basking shark (Lamniformes: Cetorhinidae) from the Middle Miocene Sharktooth Hill Bonebed, Kern County, California. Contributions in Science 522:29-44
Belongs to Cetorhinus according to B. J. Welton 2014
Sister taxa: Cetorhinus duponti, Cetorhinus maximus, Cetorhinus piersoni
Type specimen: LACM 155726, a tooth (complete lower left tooth). Its type locality is Sharktooth Hill, which is in a Langhian terrestrial siltstone in the Temblor Formation of California.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic suspension feeder-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Sharktooth Hill
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