Taxonavigation: Lamniformes 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Infraclassis: Euselachii
Division/Cohort: Neoselachii
Subdivision/Subcohort: Selachii
Superordo: Galeomorphii
Ordo: Lamniformes

Familia: Cetorhinidae
Genus: Cetorhinus

Species: †Cetorhinus huddlestoni

Name

†Cetorhinus huddlestoni Welton, 2014

  • Holotype: LACM 155726, complete lower left tooth.
  • Paratypes:. LACM 155727-155735 (9), upper adult teeth, 155736-155748 (13), lower adult teeth, 155749-155759 (11), upper juvenile teeth, 155760-155769 (10), lower juvenile teeth, 155770 (1) abnormal tooth.

Type locality. LACM locality 5756, Sharktooth Hill Bonebed, southeastern San Joaquin Valley, Round Mountain Silt, south side of Kern River, Kern River district, Kern County, California. Teeth of Cetorhinus collected from a thin, 20- to 30-cm-thick condensed section, containing abundant teeth and bones of marine vertebrates.

Etymology: The species name huddlestoni is in honor of Mr. Richard W. Huddleston, former Curatorial Assistant, Department of Vertebrate Paleontology, LACM, who has for many years, collected, researched, and published on Neogene fishes of southern California.

References

  • Welton, B. J., 2014: A New Fossil Basking Shark (Lamniformes: Cetorhinidae) from the Middle Miocene Sharktooth Hill Bonebed, Kern County, California. Contributions in Science 522: 29–44. PDF Reference page. 
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