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Leptochariidae

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Leptochariidae

Taxonomy
Leptochariidae is a family. It is extant.

It was assigned to Carcharhiniformes by Underwood (2006) and Nelson et al. (2016).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Leptochariidae Underwood p. 234
2016Leptochariidae Nelson et al. p. 70

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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
familyLeptochariidae
familyLeptochariidae

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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G. †Leptocharias Müller and Henle 1837
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Leptocharias cretaceus Underwood and Ward 2008
Leptocharias tunisiensis Adnet et al. 2020
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, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Priabonian or 85.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5United Kingdom (England) Leptocharias cretaceus (213377 213381)
Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5United Kingdom (England) Leptocharias cretaceus (213376 213380)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6United Kingdom (England) Leptocharias cretaceus (213378 213382)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Egypt Leptocharias sp. (137540)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Tunisia (Sidi Bouzid Township) Leptocharias tunisiensis (173640)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Egypt Leptocharias sp. (137550 137564 137569 137579)