Nanocetorhinus

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
Genus: †Nanocetorhinus

Species: †N. tuberculatus

Name

†Nanocetorhinus Underwood & Schlögl, 2013

• Type species: †Nanocetorhinus tuberculatus Underwood & Schlögl, 2013

Etymology: From the overall resemblance to the teeth of the planktivorous shark Cetorhinus de Blainville, 1816, but differ in their vastly smaller size.

References

• Underwood, C.J. & Schlögl, J. 2013. Deep water chondrichthyans from the Early Miocene of the Vienna Basin (Central Paratethys, Slovakia). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58(3): 487-509. DOI: 10.4202/app.2011.0101 Reference page.