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Meristodonoides montanensis

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae

Taxonomy
Hybodus montanensis was named by Case (1978). Its type specimen is MTA 1, a tooth, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Meristodonoides montanensis by Underwood and Cumbaa (2010) and Bourdon et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Hybodus montanensis Case p. 180 figs. 2-4; Pl. 2:1a-c
2010Meristodonoides montanensis Underwood and Cumbaa p. 906
2011Meristodonoides montanensis Bourdon et al. p. 4 figs. 4B-F

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
orderHybodontiformes(Patterson 1966)
superfamilyHybodontoidea
familyHybodontidae()
subfamilyHybodontinae
genusMeristodonoides
speciesmontanensis()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 13:49:23
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:31:01
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Santonian to the top of the Judithian or 85.80000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Santonian - Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (New Mexico) Meristodonoides montanensis, Hybodus butleri (52037)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (North Carolina) Hybodus montanensis (57918)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) Hybodus montanensis (14458)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Hybodus montanensis (69150)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) Hybodus montanensis (70253 70268 70269 70451 70453 70454 70455 70488 70489 70490 70499 70500 70501)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Hybodus montanensis (22640 22697 34302 34303 34305 34307 34310 34311 34312 34313 34315 34319 34321 34322 98677)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Saskatchewan) Meristodonoides montanensis (229975)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Hybodus montanensis (69153 69161 69177 69250 69253 177498)