Echinorhinus wadanohanaensis
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Echinorhiniformes |
| Family: | Echinorhinidae |
| Genus: | Echinorhinus |
| Species: | †E. wadanohanaensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Echinorhinus wadanohanaensis Kitamura, 2013
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Echinorhinus wadanohanaensis is an extinct species of Echinorhinus that lived during the Santonian stage of the Late Cretaceous epoch.
Distribution
Echinorhinus wadanohanaensis is known from the Hinoshima Formation of Kumamoto Prefecture.[1]
References
- ^ 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.