Mola chelonopsis Ichishima and Kimura 2009 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Molidae

Alternative combination: Orthragoriscus chelonopsis

Full reference: H. Ichishima and M. Kimura. 2009. A new species of Haborophocoena, an Early Pliocene phocoenid cetacean from Hokkaido, Japan. Marine Mammal Science 25(4):855-874

Belongs to Mola according to G. Carnevale et al. 2020

See also Ichishima and Kimura 2009, Purdy et al. 2001 and Weems 1985

Sister taxa: Mola mola, Mola pileata, Mola pileatus, Mola ramsayi, Orthagoriscus pileatus

Type specimen: SMAC 1388, a partial skull. Its type locality is Haboro, south, which is in a Zanclean coastal mudstone in the Embetsu Formation of Japan.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Lee Creek Mine, Yorktown Formation

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