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Paraorthacodus conicus

Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Paraorthacodontidae

Taxonomy

Paraorthacodus conicus was named by Davis (1890).

Synonyms

Synechodus nerviensis was named by Leriche (1929). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Paraorthacodus nerviensis by Duffin (1993); it was synonymized subjectively with Paraorthacodus conicus by Siverson (1992) and Siverson (1997).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1890	Paraorthacodus conicus Davis
1929	Synechodus nerviensis Leriche
1977	Synechodus nerviensis Herman p. 31
1992	Paraorthacodus conicus Siverson p. 998 figs. 4.1-4.8
1993	Paraorthacodus nerviensis Duffin
1997	Paraorthacodus conicus Siverson p. 458
2013	Paraorthacodus conicus Guinot et al. p. 595 figs. 3G'-I', 4A-C

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Chondrichthyes

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Elasmobranchii	Bonaparte 1838
infraclass	Euselachii	()
—	Neoselachii	Compagno 1977
order	Synechodontiformes
family	Paraorthacodontidae	Klug 2010
genus	Paraorthacodus	Glikman 1957
species	conicus	Davis 1890

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.

†Paraorthacodus conicus Davis 1890

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Invalid names: Paraorthacodus nerviensis Leriche 1929 [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 07:23:41

Modified:

2009-07-21 09:23:41

Source: o = order, subp = subphylum

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

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	France (Somme)	Paraorthacodus conicus (213565 213566)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Sweden	Paraorthacodus conicus (102883)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Sweden (Skåne)	Paraorthacodus conicus (74334 74335)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Sweden (Skane)	Paraorthacodus conicus (106411)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	United Kingdom (England)	Paraorthacodus conicus (213379 213561)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Sweden (Götaland)	Paraorthacodus conicus (102886)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Sweden	Paraorthacodus conicus (214327 214338)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Israel	Paraorthacodus nerviensis (35443 35444)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Sweden	Paraorthacodus conicus (214337)