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Onchosaurus pharao

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae

Taxonomy
Titanichthys pharao was named by Dames (1887).

It was recombined as Onchosaurus pharao by Tabaste (1963) and Corral et al. (2012).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Titanichthys pharao Dames
1963Onchosaurus pharao Tabaste p. 472
1986Ischyrhiza iwakiensis Uyeno and Hasegawa p. 68 figs. Figs. 1-3
2012Onchosaurus pharao Corral et al. p. 215 figs. 2D-G

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderRajiformesBerg 1940
suborderSclerorhynchoidei
familySclerorhynchidae
genusOnchosaurus
speciespharao(Dames 1887)

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.

Onchosaurus pharao Dames 1887
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Invalid names: Ischyrhiza iwakiensis Uyeno and Hasegawa 1986 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:15:23
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:15:23
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 86.30000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Niger (Zinder) Onchosaurus pharao (75235 75239 75240 75255 75256)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Japan (Fukushima) Ischyrhiza iwakiensis (91414)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Niger (Tahoua) Onchosaurus pharao (48868)