Echinorhinus australis Chapman 1909 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Echinorhiniformes - Echinorhinidae

Alternative combination: Corax australis

Full reference: F. Chapman. 1909. On the occurrence of the selachian genus Corax in the Lower Cretaceous of Queensland. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 21:452-453

Belongs to Echinorhinus according to R. W. Berrell et al. 2020

See also Chapman 1909

Sister taxa: Echinorhinus blakei, Echinorhinus eyrensis, Echinorhinus lapaoi, Echinorhinus maremagnum, Echinorhinus pozzii, Echinorhinus priscus, Echinorhinus richiardii, Echinorhinus schoenfeldi, Echinorhinus spinosus, Echinorhinus vielhus, Echinorhinus wadanohanaensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hamilton River, 40 miles from Boulia, which is in an Albian marine siliciclastic in the Toolebuc Formation of Australia

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Australia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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