Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Alternative combination: Cestracion upnikensis
Full reference: J. A. Dalinkevičius. 1935. On the fossil fishes of the Lithuanian Chalk. I. Selachii. Vytauto Didžiojo Universiteto Matematikos-Gamtos Fakulteto Darbai 9:243-305
Belongs to Heterodontus according to T. Sokolskyi and G. Guinot 2021
See also Biddle 1993, Dalinkevičius 1935 and Herman 1977
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 philippi, Heterodontus pineti, Heterodontus polonicus, Heterodontus portujacksoni, Heterodontus rugosus, Heterodontus semirugosus, Heterodontus sowasheense, Heterodontus wardensis, Heterodontus woodwardi, Cestracion francisci, Cestracion coleridgensis, Cestracion novozelandicus, Cestracion sulcatus, Cestracion cainozoicus, Cestracion prisca, Cestracion vincenti, Cestracion longidens, Cestracion elongatus, Heterodontobatis paucicarinata
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lithuania (2 collections), Ukraine (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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