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Parascylloides turnerae

Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes

Taxonomy
Parascylloides turnerae was named by Thies et al. (2014). Its type specimen is NKP 3972, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Barnstone railway cutting, which is in a Rhaetian coastal siliciclastic in the Westbury Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Parascylloides turnerae Thies et al. p. 149 figs. Pl 2, figs 4,5; pl 3, figs 1-8
2023Parascylloides turnerae de Lange et al. p. 6 fig. 4N,O

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
orderSynechodontiformes
genusParascylloides
speciesturnerae

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.

Parascylloides turnerae Thies et al. 2014
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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 07:23:41
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:23:41
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: Rhaetian or 208.50000 to 201.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Netherlands Parascylloides turnerae (137660)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Germany Parascylloides turnerae (232091 232092)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom (England) Parascylloides turnerae (type locality: 120928)