†Callorhinchus alfordi Cicimurri and Ebersole 2015 (plownose chimaera)
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Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes - Callorhinchidae
Full reference: D.J. Cicimurri and D.A. Ebersole. 2015. Paleocene chimaeroid fishes (Chondrichthyes: Holocephali) from the eastern United States, including two new species of Callorhinchus. PaleoBios 32:1-29
Belongs to Callorhinchus according to D.J. Cicimurri and D.A. Ebersole 2015
Sister taxa: Callorhinchus phillipsi, Callorhinchus stahli
Type specimen: CMM-V-5791, a mandible (incomplete left mandibular)
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Callorhinchus alfordi in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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