Micristodus punctatus Gill, 1865 USNM 231756 Holotype
date vessel station: , 1858
location: Gulf of California, Mexico
FAO-area: 77
specimens: 1
remarks: Ref.: HOWE, J.C. & SPRINGER, V.G. (1993) Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 5: Sharks (Chondrichthyes: Selachii). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, (540): i-iii, 1-19: In the original description, Gill states that "the Smithsonian Institution received, from Capt. Stone, the jaws and vertebrae of an enormous species—" Only the upper and lower jaws exist in the USNM collection. The location of the vertebrae is unknown
location: Gulf of California, Mexico
FAO-area: 77
specimens: 1
remarks: Ref.: HOWE, J.C. & SPRINGER, V.G. (1993) Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 5: Sharks (Chondrichthyes: Selachii). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, (540): i-iii, 1-19: In the original description, Gill states that "the Smithsonian Institution received, from Capt. Stone, the jaws and vertebrae of an enormous species—" Only the upper and lower jaws exist in the USNM collection. The location of the vertebrae is unknown
