Eorhincodon
Eorhincodon is an extinct genus of whale shark from the Late Eocene of Xinjiang, China. The species E. casei, from Late Cretaceous Russian marine strata, was transferred to the genus Pseudomegachasma in 2015.[2] With the removal of E. casei, Eorhincodon only contains the type species, E. tianshanensis from Xinjiang, China.
| Eorhincodon Temporal range: Late Eocene | |
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| Archaeolamna and E.tianshanensis | |
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| Family: | J. P. Müller and Henle, 1839 |
| Genus: | Eorhincodon Li, 1997[1] |
| Species: | E. tianshanensis |
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| Eorhincodon tianshanensis | |
References
- Li, G.-Q. (1997) Elasmobranchs from the Lower Tertiary of the western Tarim Basin, China, and their biostratigraphic significance. Palaeoworld, 7: 107-136, 13 fig., 2 tabl.
- Shimada, Kenshu, et al. "A new clade of putative plankton-feeding sharks from the Upper Cretaceous of Russia and the United States." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35.5 (2015): e981335.
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