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Woellsteinia

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae

Taxonomy
Woellsteinia was named by Reinecke et al. (2001). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Mitsukurinidae by Cahuzac et al. (2007) and Mannering and Hiller (2008).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Woellsteinia Reinecke et al.
2007Woellsteinia Cahuzac et al. p. 22
2008Woellsteinia Mannering and Hiller

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyMitsukurinidaeJordan 1898
genusWoellsteiniaReinecke et al. 2001

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.

G. †Woellsteinia Reinecke et al. 2001
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Woellsteinia kozlovi Adnet 2006
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 Selandian to the top of the Bartonian or 61.60000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0New Zealand W. sp. (90578 90579 90580)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3France (Landes) W. kozlovi (161754)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain W. kozlovi (141924)