Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Belongs to Heterodontus according to G. R. Case et al. 2017
See also Cicimurri 2007
Sister taxa: Heterodontus boussioni, Heterodontus cainozoicus, Heterodontus canaliculatus, Heterodontus carerens, Heterodontus creamridgensis, Heterodontus duffini, 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 francisci, Cestracion longidens, Cestracion cainozoicus, Cestracion novozelandicus, Cestracion coleridgensis, Cestracion elongatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Kemp Clay Formation, 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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