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Appearance
| Echinorhinus wadanohanaensis Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Echinorhiniformes |
| Family: | Echinorhinidae |
| Genus: | Echinorhinus |
| Species: | †E. wadanohanaensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Echinorhinus wadanohanaensis Kitamura, 2013 | |
Echinorhinus wadanohanaensis is an extinct species of Echinorhinus that lived during the Santonian stage of the Late Cretaceous epoch.
Distribution
[edit]Echinorhinus wadanohanaensis is known from the Hinoshima Formation of Kumamoto Prefecture.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ Kitamura, Naoshi (1 July 2013). "Description of a New Species of the Family Echinorhinidae (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Upper Cretaceous Himenoura Group in Kumamoto Prefecture, Southwestern Japan". Paleontological Research. 17 (2): 189–195. doi:10.2517/1342-8144-17.2.189. ISSN 1342-8144. Retrieved 16 April 2025 – via BioOne Digital Library.