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Hexanchus wiedenrothi

Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae

Taxonomy
Hexanchus wiedenrothi was named by Thies (1983). Its type specimen is SMF 7100, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gretenberg, Sehnde, which is in a Pliensbachian marine mudstone in Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Hexanchus wiedenrothi Thies p. 19 figs. pl. 3, fig. 1a-b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
orderSqualomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderHexanchiformesde Buen 1926
familyHexanchidaeGray 1851
genusHexanchusRafinesque 1810
specieswiedenrothi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Hexanchus wiedenrothi Thies 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:04:38
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:04:38
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Pliensbachian or 190.80000 to 182.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Germany Hexanchus wiedenrothi (type locality: 137184)