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Scapanorhynchus texanus

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae

Taxonomy
Lamna texana was named by Roemer (1852).

It was recombined as Scapanorhynchus texanus by Cappetta and Case (1975), Case (1979), Case and Schwimmer (1988), Case (1991), Cappetta and Case (1999) and Bourdon et al. (2011).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Lamna texana Roemer
1873Lamna texana Leidy p. 305
1902Lamna texana Hay p. 303
1946Lamna texana Rapp p. 510
1956Odontaspis malletiana White pp. pp. 130-131 figs. Plate 11, Figs. 2-3
1975Scapanorhynchus texanus Cappetta and Case p. 14 figs. Pl 1, figs 13-16; pl 2, figs 1-36
1979Scapanorhynchus texanus Case p. 79
1981Odontaspis malletiana Thurmond and Jones p. 50
1988Scapanorhynchus texanus Case and Schwimmer p. 294
1991Scapanorhynchus texanus Case p. 4 figs. Pl 1, figs 4-7
1999Scapanorhynchus texanus Cappetta and Case p. 19
2011Scapanorhynchus texanus Bourdon et al. p. 25 figs. 16, 17A,C-O

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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
familyMitsukurinidaeJordan 1898
genusScapanorhynchus
speciestexanus(Roemer 1852)

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.

Scapanorhynchus texanus Roemer 1852
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Invalid names: Odontaspis malletiana White 1956 [synonym]
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: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Priabonian or 100.50000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (68 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Arkansas) Scapanorhynchus texanus (223862)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Campanian89.3 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) Scapanorhynchus texanus (164393)
Senonian - Maastrichtian89.3 - 66.0Jordan Scapanorhynchus texanus (36256)
Early/Lower Santonian - Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (New Mexico) Scapanorhynchus texanus (52037)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Jordan Scapanorhynchus texanus (62538)
Late/Upper Santonian - Middle Campanian85.8 - 70.6USA (Georgia) Scapanorhynchus texanus (35289)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (New Jersey) Scapanorhynchus texanus (124222)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Georgia) Scapanorhynchus texanus (70720)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (North Carolina) Lamna texana (87677 190550 190551 190553 190554 190555 190579)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) Scapanorhynchus texanus (88610 213749 213750)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Scapanorhynchus texanus (213303)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) Scapanorhynchus texanus (126599 126812)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) Scapanorhynchus texanus (32142)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (North Carolina) Scapanorhynchus texanus (128412) Scapanorhynchus texanus, Carcharias sp., Isurus sp. (57918)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) Scapanorhynchus texanus (48725 213752)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) Scapanorhynchus texanus (70268 70269 70451 70453 70454 70455 70490 70499 70500 70501)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) Scapanorhynchus texanus (14455 32181 213754)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Egypt (Nile Valley) Scapanorhynchus texanus (3590 3592)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) Scapanorhynchus texanus (27570)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) Scapanorhynchus texanus (164558)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Scapanorhynchus texanus (90466)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) Scapanorhynchus texanus (126600 126810)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Scapanorhynchus texanus (68001 68002 68003 212187)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Scapanorhynchus texanus (14504 57916 124933 221052)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Scapanorhynchus texanus (213744 213745 213746 213747 213748 213753)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Scapanorhynchus texanus (124937)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Mexico (Coahuila) Scapanorhynchus texanus (79606)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) Lamna texana (151059 190580) Scapanorhynchus texanus (71488 215804)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian70.6 - 61.6USA (New Jersey) Scapanorhynchus texanus (124938)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Odontaspis malletiana (45637)