Echinorhinus wadanohanaensis

Echinorhinus wadanohanaensis; Temporal range: Santonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Subclass:	Elasmobranchii
Division:	Selachii
Order:	Echinorhiniformes
Family:	Echinorhinidae
Genus:	Echinorhinus
Species:	†E. wadanohanaensis
Binomial name
	†Echinorhinus wadanohanaensis; Kitamura, 2013

Last updated October 17, 2025

Echinorhinus wadanohanaensis is an extinct species of Echinorhinus that lived during the Santonian stage of the Late Cretaceous epoch.

Distribution

Echinorhinus wadanohanaensis is known from the Hinoshima Formation of Kumamoto Prefecture.^[1]

References

↑ Kitamura, Naoshi (1 July 2013). "Description of a New Species of the Family Echinorhinidae (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Upper Cretaceous Himenoura Group in Kumamoto Prefecture, Southwestern Japan" . Paleontological Research. 17 (2): 189–195. doi: 10.2517/1342-8144-17.2.189 . ISSN 1342-8144 . Retrieved 16 April 2025– via BioOne Digital Library.

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[1] Kitamura, Naoshi (1 July 2013). "Description of a New Species of the Family Echinorhinidae (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the Upper Cretaceous Himenoura Group in Kumamoto Prefecture, Southwestern Japan" . Paleontological Research. 17 (2): 189–195. doi: 10.2517/1342-8144-17.2.189 . ISSN 1342-8144 . Retrieved 16 April 2025– via BioOne Digital Library.

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