†Echinorhinus blakei Agassiz 1856 (shark)
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Chondrichthyes - Echinorhiniformes - Echinorhinidae
Belongs to Echinorhinus according to D. S. Jordan 1907
See also Hay 1902, Jordan and Gilbert 1919, Jordan and Hanibal 1923, Kent 2018 and Purdy et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Echinorhinus lapaoi, Echinorhinus spinosus, Echinorhinus vielhus, Echinorhinus wadanohanaensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Miocene of United States (2: California, North Carolina)
• Oligocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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