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Squatina (Cretascyllium) cranei

Chondrichthyes - Squatinidae

Taxonomy
Squatina cranei was named by Woodward (1888).

It was recombined as Squatina (Cretascyllium) cranei by Guinot et al. (2012) and Sokolskyi and Guinot (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Squatina cranei Woodward
1889Squatina cranei Woodward p. 66
1935Squatina decipiens Dalinkevičius p. 249 figs. Pl 1, figs 10-17
1975Squatina decipiens Cappetta p. 123 fig. 7
1975Squatina cranei Cappetta p. 124 fig. 8
1977Squatina cranei Herman p. 123
1977Squatina decipiens Herman p. 123
1991Squatina cranei Müller and Diedrich p. 21
1991Cretascyllium expansum Müller and Diedrich p. 25 figs. Taf. 5 Fig. 1-3; Taf. 6 Fig. 1-2, Taf. 17 Fig. 2-3
1993Squatina cranei Biddle p. 199
1993Squatina decipiens Biddle p. 199
1999Squatina cranei Underwood and Mitchell figs. Pl 4, figs 1,2
2005Squatina cranei Rees p. 216 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-5
2012Squatina (Cretascyllium) cranei Guinot et al. p. 532 figs. 2-7
2021Squatina (Cretascyllium) cranei Sokolskyi and Guinot p. 7 figs. 2W-X

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii()
RankNameAuthor
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
Selachii
superorderSqualimorphi
Squatinida
Squatiniformes(Buen 1926)
familySquatinidaeBonaparte 1838
genusSquatinaDumeril 1806
subgenusCretascyllium()
speciescranei(Woodward 1888)

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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Invalid names: Cretascyllium expansum Müller and Diedrich 1991 [synonym], Squatina decipiens Dalinkevičius 1935 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Müller and C. Diedrich 1991 (Cretascyllium expansum)Eine Art der Gattung Cretascyl/ium mit hemiaulacorhizer, plumper, squatinoider Wurzel. Anteriore Zähne mit hoher, schlanker Hauptspitze und kurzen seitlichen Absätzen des Kronenrumpfes, annähernd bilateral-symmetrisch. Lateralzähne mit niedrigerer, breiterer und flacherer Krone. Bei den Oberkieferzähnen Hauptspitze deutlich in Richtung Komissur geneigt, bei den Unterkieferzähnen ziemlich gerade. Posteriore Zähne niedrig und breit, mit mesial und distal deutlich abgesetztem Kronenrumpf.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:20:01
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:20:01
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Valanginian to the top of the Cenomanian or 140.20000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (50 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Poland Squatina cranei (213518 213519)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03France Squatina cranei, Squatina decipiens (214869)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0United Kingdom (England) Squatina cranei (213324) Squatina sp. (213320)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3United Kingdom (England) Squatina cranei (213325 213326 213367)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Ukraine Squatina cranei (214239 214240 214241 214242)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) Squatina cranei (213327 213331 213332 213334 213335 213336 213339 213340 213341 213342 213345 213346 213351 213369 213372 213373 213374) Squatina cranei, Cretascyllium sp. (213337) Squatina cranei, Squatina sp. (213328 213329 213330 213348 213368) Squatina sp. (213338 213350 213371)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Lithuania Squatina decipiens (213709 213710)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Kazakhstan Squatina decipiens (175010)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lithuania Squatina decipiens (213716)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Westphalia) Squatina cranei, Cretascyllium expansum (210063)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Squatina cranei (213359 213363 213567)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Lithuania Squatina decipiens (213713 213720)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Squatina cranei (213569) Squatina cranei, Squatina sp. (213365)