Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Full reference: F. Chapman and F. A. Cudmore. 1924. New or little-known fossils in the National Museum, Part XXVII.-Some Cainozoic fish remains, with a revision of the group. Royal Society of Victoria 36(2):107-162
Belongs to Cestracion according to F. Chapman and F. A. Cudmore 1924
Sister taxa: Heterodontus boussioni, Heterodontus cainozoicus, Heterodontus canaliculatus, Heterodontus carerens, Heterodontus creamridgensis, Heterodontus duffini, Heterodontus havreensis, Heterodontus laevis, Heterodontus lerichei, Heterodontus lonzeensis, Heterodontus maisierensis, Heterodontus philippi, Heterodontus pineti, Heterodontus polonicus, Heterodontus portujacksoni, Heterodontus rugosus, Heterodontus semirugosus, Heterodontus sowasheense, Heterodontus upnikensis, Heterodontus wardensis, Heterodontus woodwardi, Cestracion novozelandicus, Cestracion sulcatus, Cestracion vincenti, Cestracion prisca, Cestracion coleridgensis, Cestracion elongatus, Cestracion francisci, Cestracion cainozoicus, Heterodontobatis paucicarinata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Beaumaris, which is in a Messinian shoreface sandstone in the Black Rock Sandstone Formation of Australia
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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