Cetorhinus de Blainville 1816 (basking shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Cetorhinidae

Synonyms: Hannovera Van Beneden 1871, Polyprosopus Couch 1863, Selache Cuvier 1817, Selache (Hannovera) Van Beneden 1871, Tetroras Rafinesque 1810

Parent taxon: Cetorhinidae according to L. V. Compagno 2005

See also Bendix-Almgreen 1983, Cicimurri and Knight 2009, Ciobanu 1977, Cione and Reguero 1998, Gill 1864, Herman 1979, Jordan 1963, Kent 2018, Purdy et al. 2001, Schultz 1978, Sepkoski 2002, Van Beneden 1876, Welton 2013, Welton 2014, Welton 2015, Welton 2015 and Woodward 1889

Sister taxa: Caucasochasma, Keasius, Pseudocetorhinus

Subtaxa: Cetorhinus duponti Cetorhinus huddlestoni Cetorhinus maximus Cetorhinus piersoni

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Type: Squalus maximus

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic suspension feeder-carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection), United States (2: California, Oregon)

• Pliocene of Belgium (1), Italy (2), the Netherlands (1), United States (4: California)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Belgium (1), Mexico (1), United States (1: California)

• Miocene of the Czech Republic (1), Denmark (2), Germany (1), Japan (4), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (3), United States (11: California, Maryland, North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia, Washington)

• Oligocene of the Czech Republic (1), Japan (1), United States (1: California)

• Eocene of Antarctica (2)

Total: 42 collections including 43 occurrences

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