Callorhinchus orientalis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Order: | Chimaeriformes |
| Family: | Callorhinchidae |
| Genus: | Callorhinchus |
| Species: | †C. orientalis
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| †Callorhinchus orientalis Ota et. al., 2025
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Callorhinchus orientalis is an extinct species of plough-nosed chimaeras (also called elephantfish) in the genus Callorhinchus that lived during the Maastrichtian stage of the Cretaceous period.
Distribution
[edit]Callorhinchus orientalis is known from the Hakobuchi Formation of Hokkaido, Japan.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Ota, Akira; Nishimura, Tomohiro; Kobayashi, Yoshitsugu; Moriki, Kazunori (2025). "Callorhinchus orientalis sp. nov., a new callorhinchid from the Upper Cretaceous Hakobuchi Formation, Yezo Group, Hokkaido, Japan". Paleontological Research. 29 (0): 54–63. doi:10.2517/prpsj.240013. ISSN 1342-8144. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
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