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Cetorhinus huddlestoni

Extinct species of shark From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Cetorhinus huddlestoni is an extinct species of basking shark that lived in the Middle miocene period. Its fossils consist of juvenile specimens, represented by fragmented and complete teeth. They are believed to be the same size as the current basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus). It was discovered in the Shark tooth Formation by Welton in 2013.[1]

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The few specimens described were found in the Sharktooth Hill Bone Bed Formation, Kern County, California.[2] It was the ancestor of the modern basking shark and lived during the Middle Miocene period. Fossils of other sharks such as Cetorhinus piersoni, Galeocerdo spp., Otodus subauriculatus, Otodus megalodon, and Carcharodon carcharias were found in the same place.[3]

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