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Abdounia enniskilleni

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae

Taxonomy
Scyliorhinus enniskilleni was named by White (1956). Its type specimen is BMNH P. 30634, a tooth, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is The Rocks, which is in a Priabonian foreshore claystone in the Yazoo Formation of Alabama.

It was recombined as Abdounia enniskilleni by Maisch et al. (2014) and Ebersole et al. (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Scyliorhinus enniskilleni White p. 128 figs. Figs. 1-19, Plate 11, Fig. 1
1981Scyliorhinus enniskilleni Case p. 62
1981Scyliorhinus enniskilleni Thurmond and Jones p. 60
2014Abdounia enniskilleni Maisch et al. p. 191
2019Abdounia enniskilleni Ebersole et al. p. 84

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyScyliorhinidaeGill 1862
genusAbdounia
speciesenniskilleni()

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.

Abdounia enniskilleni White 1956
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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 06:53:24
Modified: 2009-07-21 08:53:24
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 47.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Abdounia enniskilleni (81179)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Abdounia enniskilleni (13346 81224 81238 209521 209523)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Abdounia enniskilleni (209370 209371)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Texas) Abdounia enniskilleni (2412)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Scyliorhinus enniskilleni (61249)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Abdounia enniskilleni (81266 176944 205834 209520)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Arkansas) Abdounia enniskilleni (45641) Scyliorhinus enniskilleni (16549)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Abdounia enniskilleni (75638)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (South Carolina) Abdounia enniskilleni (202013 202014)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Abdounia enniskilleni (45640)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Scyliorhinus enniskilleni (type locality: 45637)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Abdounia enniskilleni (163744)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Abdounia enniskilleni (160397 160400) Scyliorhinus enniskilleni (73434)