Paracestracion falcifer Wagner 1857 (bullhead shark)

Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae

Alternative combination: Cestracion falcifer

Belongs to Paracestracion according to J. Kriwet 2008

See also Underwood 2002 and Woodward 1889

Sister taxa: Paracestracion bellis, Paracestracion pectinatus, Paracestracion sarstedensis, Paracestracion viohli

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ringstead Bay, Weymouth (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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