Callorhinchus Lacépède 1798 (plownose chimaera)
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Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhinchidae
Parent taxon: Callorhinchidae according to A. O. Averianov 1997
See also Cicimurri and Ebersole 2015, Kriwet and Gazdizicki 2003 and Martin and Crame 2006
Sister taxa: Brachymylus, Ganodus, Pachymylus
Subtaxa: Callorhinchus alfordi Callorhinchus phillipsi Callorhinchus stahli
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Antarctica (2 collections), Chile (1)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Mississippi)
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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