Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Full reference: G. R. Case and H. Cappetta. 1997. A new selachian fauna from the Late Maastrichtian of Texas (Upper Cretaceous/Navarroan; Kemp Formation). Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Reihe A, Geologie und Paläontologie 34:131-189
Belongs to Heterodontus according to G. R. Case et al. 2017
See also Case and Cappetta 1997 and Cicimurri 2007
Sister taxa: Heterodontus boussioni, Heterodontus cainozoicus, Heterodontus canaliculatus, Heterodontus carerens, Heterodontus creamridgensis, Heterodontus duffini, Heterodontus francisci, Heterodontus havreensis, Heterodontus laevis, Heterodontus lerichei, Heterodontus lonzeensis, Heterodontus maisierensis, Heterodontus paucicarinatus, Heterodontus philippi, Heterodontus pineti, Heterodontus polonicus, Heterodontus portujacksoni, Heterodontus rugosus, Heterodontus semirugosus, Heterodontus sowasheense, Heterodontus sulcatus, Heterodontus upnikensis, Heterodontus vincenti, Heterodontus wardensis, Heterodontus woodwardi, Cestracion longidens, Cestracion coleridgensis, Cestracion novozelandicus, Cestracion cainozoicus, Cestracion elongatus
Type specimen: AMNH 12141, a tooth. Its type locality is South Sulphur River, Commerce, which is in a Maastrichtian marine claystone/sandstone in the Kemp Clay Formation of Texas.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (3: North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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