Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes
Full reference: H. Yamagishi. 2004. Elasmobranch remains from the Taho Limestone (Lower-Middle Triassic) of Ehime Prefecture, Southwest Japan. Mesozoic Fishes 3 - Systematics, Paleoenvironments and Biodiversity 3:565-574
Belongs to Arctacanthus according to H. Yamagishi 2004
Sister taxa: Arctacanthus multisectus, Arctacanthus phosphoriensis, Arctacanthus spitzbergensis, Arctacanthus uncinatus, Arctacanthus wyomingensis
Type specimen: UMUT MV28460-1, a tooth. Its type locality is Sample 1675, Taho Limestone, Shirokawa-cho, Higashiuwa-gun, which is in an Anisian marine limestone in the Taho Limestone Formation of Japan.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (1 collection), Japan (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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