Cetorhinus piersoni

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: Selachimorpha Superordo: Galeomorphii Ordo: Lamniformes

Familia: Cetorhinidae
Genus: Cetorhinus

Name

†Cetorhinus piersoni Welton, 2015

• Holotype: LACM 155792, complete adult tooth.

Type locality: LACM locality 7886, in sea cliff exposures north of Yaquina Head, approximately 1000 m north of Coal Creek, Lincoln County, Oregon.

Etymology: in honor of Mr. Guy E. Pierson, who collected many of the Astoria Formation teeth of Cetorhinus piersoni between 1981 and 1986.

References

• Welton, B.J. 2015. A New Species of Late Early Miocene Cetorhinus (Lamniformes: Cetorhinidae) from the Astoria Formation of Oregon, and Coeval Cetorhinus from Washington and California. Contributions in science 523: 67–89. BHL Reference page.