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Hemipristis wyattdurhami

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae

Taxonomy
Hemipristis wyattdurhami was named by White (1956). Its type specimen is BMNH P. 30521, 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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Hemipristis wyattdurhami White pp. 133-317 figs. Figs. 40-47, Plate 11, Fig. 4
1981Hemipristis wyattdurhami Case p. 63

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familyHemigaleidae
genusHemipristis
specieswyattdurhami

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 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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 41.30000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) Hemipristis wyattdurhami (3534)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Hemipristis wyattdurhami (61249)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Hemipristis wyattdurhami (type locality: 45637)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Hemipristis wyattdurhami (32925 55251)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Hemipristis wyattdurhami (73434)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Florida) Hemipristis wyattdurhami (17341)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (North Carolina) Hemipristis wyattdurhami (71660)