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Protolamna borodini

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Pseudoscapanorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Plicatolamna borodini was named by Cappetta and Case (1975). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Willow Brook (WBR), which is in a Maastrichtian coastal sandstone in the Navesink Formation of New Jersey.

It was recombined as Cretodus borodini by Case and Schwimmer (1988) and Siverson (1992); it was recombined as Protolamna borodini by Case and Cappetta (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. gigantea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Plicatolamna borodini Cappetta and Case p. 23 figs. Pl 3, figs 1-9
1988Cretodus borodini Case and Schwimmer p. 295
1992Cretodus borodini Siverson p. 534 figs. Pl 2, figs 21,22
2004Protolamna borodini Case and Cappetta p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyPseudoscapanorhynchidae
genusProtolamna
speciesborodini()

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.

†Protolamna borodini Cappetta and Case 1975
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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 07:05:21
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:05:21
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Santonian - Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Georgia) Cretodus borodini (61769)
Late/Upper Santonian - Middle Campanian85.8 - 70.6USA (Georgia) Plicatolamna borodini (35289)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Georgia) Cretodus borodini (70720)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Sweden (Skane) Cretodus borodini (106411)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Sweden (Skåne) Cretodus borodini (74334)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France Protolamna borodini (61351)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) Plicatolamna borodini (27570)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) Cretodus borodini (14455) Plicatolamna borodini (32181)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6France Protolamna borodini (61352 61353)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) Plicatolamna borodini (126600)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (South Carolina) Cretodus borodini (79363)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Plicatolamna borodini (14504) Protolamna borodini (221052)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Plicatolamna borodini (213744 213745 type locality: 213746 213747)