Callorhinchus torresi

Taxonavigation: Chimaeroidei
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: Holocephali Ordo: Chimaeriformes Subordo: Chimaeroidei

Familia: Callorhinchidae
Subfamilia: Callorhinchinae
Genus: Callorhinchus

Species: †Callorhinchus torresi

Name

†Callorhinchus torresi Otero et al., 2013

• Holotype: SGO PV.22011, an almost complete left mandibular.
• Paratypes: SGO PV.22012a, b, two incomplete right mandibular plates, PV.22012c, one anterior portion of a right palatine, PV.22012d, one incomplete left palatine, PV.22012e, one concretionary nodule containing one partial right palatine.

Etymology: The specific name honours Dr. Teresa Torres (Universidad de Chile), for more than twenty years of contribution to Antarctic palaeobotany, and her continuous support to new generations of Chilean palaeontologists, including some of the authors.

References

• Otero, R.A., Rubilar-Rogers, D., Yury-Yañez, R.E., Vargas, A.O., Gutstein, C.S., Mourgues, F.A. & Robert, E. 2013. A new species of chimaeriform (Chondrichthyes, Holocephali) from the uppermost Cretaceous of the López de Bertodano Formation, Isla Marambio (Seymour Island), Antarctica. Antarctic Science 25(1): 99–106. DOI: 10.1017/S095410201200079X ResearchGate Reference page.