Callorhinchus Lacépède 1798 (plownose chimaera)

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

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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

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