Chondrichthyes - Echinorhiniformes - Echinorhinidae
Full reference: N. S. Pledge. 1992. Fossil shark teeth dredged from the Great Australian Bight. BMR Journal of Australian Geology & Geophysics 13:15-18
Belongs to Echinorhinus according to N. S. Pledge 1992
Sister taxa: Echinorhinus australis, Echinorhinus blakei, Echinorhinus lapaoi, Echinorhinus maremagnum, Echinorhinus pozzii, Echinorhinus priscus, Echinorhinus richiardii, Echinorhinus schoenfeldi, Echinorhinus spinosus, Echinorhinus vielhus, Echinorhinus wadanohanaensis
Type specimen: CPC 30663, a tooth. Its type locality is Sample 66/DR3C, Canyon B, Eyre Terrace, which is in a Maastrichtian shoreface sandstone in Southern Ocean.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Sample 66/DR3C, Canyon B, Eyre Terrace
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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