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Paraisurus

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Paraisuridae

Taxonomy
Paraisurus was named by Glikman (1957). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cretoxyrhinidae by Herman (1977), Siverson (1997) and Cappetta and Case (1999); to Lamniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Paraisuridae by Herman (1979) and Siversson and Machalski (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Paraisurus Glikman
1977Paraisurus Herman p. 166
1979Paraisurus Herman p. 362
1997Paraisurus Siverson p. 461
1999Paraisurus Cappetta and Case p. 24
2002Parisurus Sepkoski
2017Paraisurus Siversson and Machalski p. 451

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyParaisuridae
genusParaisurusGlikman 1957

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. †Paraisurus Glikman 1957
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Paraisurus compressus Sokolov 1978
Paraisurus macrorhizus Pictet and Campiche 1858
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: Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Cenomanian or 105.30000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Australia (Western Australia) P. compressus (90688)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Texas) P. macrorhizus (213307)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Ukraine P. macrorhizus (214239)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Poland P. compressus (213375)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Russian Federation (Belgorod) P. sp. (32314)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Kazakhstan P. macrorhizus (175010)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Uzbekistan (Navoi) P. sp. (58208)